A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that there is no link between the recent spike in COVID-19 cases and the April election.
In the report, it states “No clear increase in cases, hospitalizations, or deaths was observed after the election, suggesting possible benefit of the mitigation strategies, which limited in-person voting and aimed to ensure safety of the polling sites open on election day.”
Part of the reason for that may be the vast increase in the number of people that utilized mail-in voting as opposed to physically going to the polls. Some areas even saw 15 times the number of mail-in votes compare to the 2016 election.
Early and mail in voting is also being encouraged for the August 11th Partisan Primary as well.
The full CDC report can be read at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6930a4-H.pdf
