Roofing contractors looking for any semblance of a “normal” summer season just can’t seem to catch a break. Just as they geared up for a busy summer after a spring slowdown spurred by the coronavirus outbreak, spikes in the potentially-deadly disease threatened a second wave of shutdowns in states with robust construction markets.
Almost half of the country was adding cases at rates above their spring peaks by mid-July, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Nevada and Texas. As of Aug. 10, the U.S. saw roughly 5 million cases — adding 54,590 cases from the previous day — and 161,284 deaths. In Florida alone, health officials reported the highest daily increase of COVID-19 deaths, seeing 9,194 new cases and 132 more deaths as of July 14.