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Model will compile data to better understand areas' public health, economic status

Two weeks after Wisconsin’s chaotic spring election, the number of COVID-19 cases has not shown a marked increase as some had warned, but experts say there are still too many unknown factors to conclude if in-person voting affected the illness' spread.

During his 26 March call into "The Sean Hannity Show" on Fox News, President Donald Trump questioned whether New York state would actually need the tens of thousands of ventilators its state's leaders had estimated would be necessary to deal with its expected number of coronavirus cases. Then, three days later during a briefing at the White House, Trump said: "Something's going on, and you ought to look into it as reporters. Where are the masks going? Are they going out the back door? How do you go from 10,000 to 300,000?"

At least 51 workers at Safeway’s distribution center in Tracy have tested positive for the coronavirus, and one worker has died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.

The nation’s food supply chain is showing signs of strain, as increasing numbers of workers are falling ill with the coronavirus in meat processing plants, warehouses and grocery stores.