As coronavirus cases set new one-day records in the U.S., Donald Trump continues to hold rallies where he downplays the disease to his supporters. Now a newspaper investigation has found infection rates rise at some rally sites. USA Today found Trump “didn’t just defy state orders and federal health guidelines. He left a trail of coronavirus outbreaks in his wake.”

The president has participated in nearly three dozen rallies since mid-August, all but two at airport hangars. A USA TODAY analysis shows COVID-19 cases grew at a faster rate than before after at least five of those rallies in the following counties: Blue Earth, Minnesota; Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Marathon, Wisconsin; Dauphin, Pennsylvania; and Beltrami, Minnesota.

Read @USATODAY’s close look at impact of #Trump’s rallies on #COVID19 cases. 5 counties in 3 states: #WI, #MN, & #PA .
“Campaign events where people gather together cheering and screaming can carry the virus far through the crowd.”- Shelley Payne @UTAustin https://t.co/LNSVkOCG19 pic.twitter.com/Ko0aR7CpcP

— Rose Horowitz, #WomentoFollow, #Sree Covid19 Show (@RoseHorowitz31) October 24, 2020

Meanwhile, President Trump, campaigning in Florida on Friday said again that the U.S. is “rounding the corner” on the virus. That statement is a lie. More than 83 thousand cases of coronavirus were reported yesterday, the most since the pandemic began.

We're eight months into the pandemic. More than 200,000 Americans have died. The US hit another record number of cases yesterday. And Trump's "strategy" is just to keep lying to people by saying the virus will soon disappear. https://t.co/OwqgNWo2Sm

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 24, 2020

And Trump will continue to hold rallies through the next week, regardless of the risk to his supporters.

#Wisconsin has one of the worst COVID outbreaks in the country right now. So, of course @realDonaldTrump is doing a rally tomorrow not far from a field hospital that's been set up in #Milwaukee. As always, we're up with billboards outside the event to warn WI families. pic.twitter.com/W0nNsD2CMz

— Rural America 2020 (@RuralUSA2020) October 23, 2020