ABC News Political Director Rick Klein breaks down how Trump and Biden are campaigning on the final days before the election.
While the president has said he's tired of talking about COVID-19, his biggest problem one week from Election Day may be that voters he needs are living it – still, and especially now, Klein wrote in The Note on Tuesday.
Among the 13 most competitive battleground states, coronavirus positivity rates are going up in 11 of them -- including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Arizona, according to an ABC News analysis of COVID Tracking Project data.
Hospitalization rates are up in nine of the 13 top-targeted states, including the five top-tier battlegrounds just referenced. The number of daily deaths is up in six critical states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Ohio and Minnesota.