President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden are out on the campaign trail for the final few days before the election takes place on November 3.
On Friday, they both sought support in Midwestern states where the coronavirus has roared back.
Among the highlights of the campaign yesterday, the current US President falsely accused doctors of profiting from Covid-19 deaths and Biden said Trump had surrendered to the pandemic.
Coronavirus, which has killed nearly 230,000 people in the United States and cost millions more their jobs, has dominated the final days of the presidential campaign.
Analysts expect a record number of voters to participate in the election this year.
At least 86 million Americans have already cast ballots in person or through the mail, according to the University of Florida's Elections Project, or 63 per cent of the total 2016 turnout.
Here are seven things we learned from one of the last days of campaigning.
Trump forced to do a socially distanced rally
Donald Trump was forced to hold a socially distanced rally on Friday and did not seem to like it.
Sound problems also caused issues - with the microphone being inaudible on broadcasts of the speech for much of the time.
Just 250 people were allowed into the rally, all seated six feet apart from each other in the Rochester, Minnesota airfield.
But many more crowded outside the boundaries of the rally site, crowded together and largely mask-free.
On his arrival, Trump told reporters Minnesota Governor Tim Walz "wants to play games".
He added: "He's a weak governor, he's done a terrible job. He doesn't know what the hell he's doing."
Previous rallies have seen hundreds of Trump supporters attend with little social distancing in place.
Iranian hackers accessed US election voter data
Iranian hackers behind a wave of threatening emails sent to thousands of Americans earlier this month successfully accessed voter data, US officials have said.
In a statement issued jointly by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, partially confirms the authenticity of a video distributed as part of a disinformation campaign that briefly drew attention when it became public last week.
The campaign - which consisted of thousands of threatening emails sent to random US voters in the name of the "Proud Boys", a pro-Trump far right group - featured a video in which a hacker purported to demonstrate how they could cause havoc by breaking into a voter registration records.
The emails, which warned "you will vote for Trump on Election Day or we will come after you," were sent to thousands of voters in as many as four states in the US.
They told Democrat registered voters The Proud Boys were "in possession of all your information", and told them to change their party affiliation and vote for Trump.
Polling station puts voting booths near noose
A polling station in the US election has been accused of voter intimidation after voting booths were set up next to a noose.
Photos show the booth in Stone County, Missouri, set up next to a glass display case containing a tied noose.
The Missouri Democratic Party said the display amounted to intimidation of black voters, with acting chair Clem Smith saying: "The symbol’s purpose is to stoke the fires of racial prejudice and strike fear in the hearts of people of color."
Yinka Faleti, the Nigerian-American Democrat candidate for Missouri Secretary of State said: "Why on earth would a noose be on display anywhere near a voting booth or anywhere at all for that matter?"
He added: "This goes beyond a gross and appalling lack of judgment by the responsible parties.
"This is a brazen attempt at voter intimidation, plain and simple."
Trump claims doctors inflate Covid-19 death figures
Donald Trump has claimed doctors inflate coronavirus death figures because they get paid more if they put Covid-19 as a patient's cause of death.
There is no evidence the claim is true and the President has previously been criticised for saying similar things.
He told a rally in Waterford Township, Michigan: "Our doctors get more money if someone dies from Covid. You know that, right? Our doctors are very smart.
"So what they do is, they say, "I’m sorry, but, you know, everybody dies of Covid.""
He added: "But in Germany and other places, if you have a heart attack, or you have cancer, you’re terminally ill, you catch Covid, they say you died of cancer, you died of heart attack. With us, when in doubt, choose Covid.”
Businesses near White House board up windows
Businesses near the White House are boarding up their windows in anticipation of unrest on election night on Tuesday November 3.
Banks, shops and restaurants across several blocks in Downtown Washington DC have erected wood panelling across their glass-fronted buildings, with the election just days away.
But local officials have told business owners there is no need to take such drastic precautions.
Residents say the number of boarded up buildings has rocketed in recent days.
"It's all happened this week," one resident told the Mirror. "It's crazy."
Biden says Trump surrendered to the pandemic
Joe Biden has said Trump has surrendered to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic candidate accused the US president of “giving up” in the fight against the virus and said he should not attack medical personnel who are treating its victims.
“Unlike Donald Trump, we will not surrender to this virus,” he said at a rally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Supporters, socially distanced in their cars at the state fairground, and honked their horns in agreement.
After it was confirmed the coronavirus infections in the US have passed nine million cases, Biden tweeted: "Let me be clear: Anyone who is responsible for plunging and ensnaring America in this crisis - anyone who could do so without an ounce of shame or a shred of empathy - should not be president."
Trump pulls out of election night victory party
Trump has reportedly pulled of a lavish election night victory party he was expected to throw at his Washington DC hotel.
The President was expected to attend the invite-only bash at the Trump International Hotel, but reports suggest he will instead have a quiet night in, watching the results from the White House.
A source familiar with plans for the party told the Mirror the event would go ahead whether the President attended or not.
Trump's biggest Donors had been invited to the November 3 bash - with the hotel fully booked for days around polling day.
President Trump told reporters he might not hold a party because "you know, Washington, DC is shut down."
