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.
Each state in the Sun Belt blocked 4 steps from reaching the next million.
( z0 block :ARG0 ( z1 state :location ( z2 country-region :name ( z3 name :op "Sun" :op "Belt" ) ) :mod ( z4 each ) ) :ARG1 ( z5 step :quant 4 :ARG2 ( z6 reach :ARG0 z1 :ARG1 ( z7 person :quant 1000000 :mod ( z8 next ) ) ) ) )
(z0 / block-01
    :ARG0 (z1 / state
              :location (z2 / country-region
                            :name (z3 / name
                                      :op1 "Sun"
                                      :op2 "Belt"))
              :mod (z4 / each))
    :ARG1 (z5 / step-01
              :quant 4
              :ARG2 (z6 / reach-01
                        :ARG0 z1
                        :ARG1 (z7 / person
                                  :quant 1000000
                                  :mod (z8 / next)))))
Each state in the Sun Belt blocked 4 steps from reaching the next million .
z1 :mod z4
z3 :op1 3
z2 :name z3
z1 :location z2
z3 :op2 2
z0 :ARG0 z1
z5 :quant 1
z0 :ARG1 z5
z5 :ARG2 z6
z6 :ARG0 z1
z7 :mod z8
z6 :ARG1 z7
z7 :quant 0