What the hell is going on in Ohio and Tennessee. Their numbers jumped up 51,000 in Ohio and

[Ms. Toad]

9. There is a cluster of counties on the Kentucky/Ohio border with R02.0

but Ohio has not yet exceeded 1000 new cases a day - the 51,000 is not a "jump" of 51,000 - it is the total number of cases throughout the entire pandemic.

The number of new cases is growing: See this post

Ohio was being smart. It is now being stupid and we squandered all of the early investment we made in flattening the curve by (1) opening too soon and (2) giving in to the mask-slacker covidiots (when they engaged in behavior threatening enough that Dr. Acton had to have state patrol standing guard at her home). Rather than require mask wearing, DeWine decided to rely on Ohioans to do the right thing. Since they were unable to do that with indoor smoking, not sure why he thought it would work here - aside from probaby realistic fears about the state's ability to enforce the law.

As you can see at the other link, the uptick coincides with roughly 14 days after (1) memorial day and (2) reopening bars and restaurants.

Edited to correct the caption since, as correctly pointed out below, Tennessee does not share a border with Ohio. The cross-border cluster is between Ohio and Kentucky.