Apple Temporarily Closes Stores in 4 States With Rising COVID-19 Cases

Apple is closing nearly a dozen stores temporarily in response to rising cases of COVID-19. The closures involve 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina, Bloomberg reported Friday. Apple has been reopening stores gradually since last month after shutting them temporarily due to the pandemic (see 2005180043). It didn’t respond to our questions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 23,138 new COVID cases in the U.S. Friday with 733 new deaths.