Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings The latest hot spot for the coronavirus in the United States is the heartland, where cases are rising in a worrying trendMISSION, Kan. -- It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high. Wisconsin is averaging more than 2,000 new cases a day over the last week, compared with 675 three weeks earlier. Oklahoma and Missouri are regularly recording 1,000 new cases a day, and Missouri Gov. Health officials said if virus cases in these neighborhoods continue to build, the city might roll back the reopening in some places and require businesses to close back down.

Source: ABC News September 25, 2020 15:59 UTC