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Massachusetts sets curfew, Chicago closes indoor dining as U.S. sees record COVID case counts

See which states have tightened and loosened restrictions recently

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

November 6, 2020

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Wisconsin limited indoor dining at restaurants again, Texas opened bars and NYC closed restaurants in ‘red zones.’

The entire country may have been focused on the presidential election this week, but coronavirus cases continued to surge with the U.S., hitting 100,000 new positive cases for the first time on Nov. 5.

On Nov. 6, the case count hit 121,000, with 20 states across the country seeing their highest daily counts since the pandemic began. l

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in a news conference Nov. 5, “this virus doesn’t care if we voted for Donald Trump, doesn’t care if we voted for Joe Biden […] It’s coming after all of us.”

The two presidential candidates, who as of press time were still waiting on an official conclusion to their race, have radically different plans to deal with COVID in the country. Trump hasn’t released a plan but claimed several times that COVID would “go away” after the election while Joe Biden has a detailed plan including quarantining, mass testing and mask mandates.

In contrast to the U.S., many European countries are completely shutting down again as cases across the ocean surge, with places like Liverpool testing every resident weekly, symptoms or not.

Few states in the U.S. have altered dine-in rules amid the rising case counts, but see which states have tightened restrictions recently.

The states that have updated restrictions include: California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Michigan.

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Find her on Twitter: @hollypetre

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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