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‘Shared sacrifices’: Biden to deliver Thanksgiving address as U.S. coronavirus cases soar
Joe Biden is slated to deliver a Thanksgiving address to the nation seeking to unify Americans in the face of the coronavirus pandemic as experts warn of a possible spike in cases resulting from the holiday.Biden’s transition team said the president-elect will “discuss the shared sacrifices Americans are making this holiday season and say that we can and will get through the current crisis together.” His remarks come as COVID-19 cases are surging nationwide, with the nation averaging 165,000 new virus cases per day as of Tuesday, up more than 70 per cent in two weeks, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.Hospitalizations, deaths and the testing positivity rate are also up sharply as the nation approaches Thanksgiving,