Our weekly coronavirus map shows that cases in nearly every state are increasing. In the upper midwest states around the great lakes, cases are up about 25% this week. Those also happen to be some of the most fought-over battleground states in the election.

Guests: Dr. Jeffrey Pothof, chief quality officer at University of Wisconsin health and ER doctor in Madison, Wisconsin, Shawn Johnson. capital bureau chief for Wisconsin Public Radio, and Jessica Taylor, Senate and governors editor for The Cook Political Report.

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