The ninth million followed the eighth by just over two weeks, and now the 10th has taken just 10 days. By the end of August, the pace had slowed slightly, and the nation was taking three weeks or more to pass each million-case milestone. It took four weeks to add the third million, and less than three weeks each to add the fourth and fifth, as states in the Sun Belt struggled after early reopenings. Gretchen Whitmer  a Democrat whose state, like many others, has been battered by the virus  congratulated Biden in a statement. Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading.
States in the Sun Belt had trouble adding the last case.
( z0 have-trouble :ARG0 ( z1 state :location ( z2 country-region :name ( z3 name :op "Sun" :op "Belt" ) ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 add :ARG0 z1 :ARG1 ( z5 case :mod ( z6 last ) ) ) )
(z0 / have-trouble-04
    :ARG0 (z1 / state
              :location (z2 / country-region
                            :name (z3 / name
                                      :op1 "Sun"
                                      :op2 "Belt")))
    :ARG1 (z4 / add-02
              :ARG0 z1
              :ARG1 (z5 / case-04
                        :mod (z6 / last))))
States in the Sun Belt had trouble adding the last case .
z3 :op1 1
z2 :name z3
z1 :location z2
z3 :op2 0
z0 :ARG0 z1
z0 :ARG1 z4
z4 :ARG0 z1
z5 :mod z6
z4 :ARG1 z5