The Nationwide Auto Public sale Affiliation’s annual conference has been postponed, with no make-up date given by the group.

The present had been set for Sept. 28-30 in Chicago.

The affiliation despatched a press release Friday that mentioned the choice to postpone the occasion comes after suggestions from its members and companions.

“Sadly, we’re nonetheless in the course of a resurgence,” the discharge states. “We need to guarantee you that the enterprise of the affiliation will proceed via digital committee conferences and digital board and all-member conferences for the election of officers.”

After falling to a few of its lowest ranges because the starting of the pandemic, the novel coronavirus has re-emerged this summer season. The general variety of new instances within the U.S. stays stubbornly excessive, particularly in states with low vaccination charges.

As of Sept. 9, the U.S. was averaging 1,579 deaths a day, up 28 p.c from 14 days earlier, based on information compiled by The New York Instances.

In Chicago, there was a median of 466 new instances per day as of Sept. 9, based on the town’s COVID dashboard. Deaths averaged 4.29 per day, an increase of fifty p.c from the week earlier than.

The NAAA additionally canceled its 2020 present, slated for Oct. 6-8 in Dallas, as a result of pandemic.