After a week of counting, the election results are in: Joe Biden is the projected winner of the presidential race, meaning Donald Trump is expected to exit the White House after one term once the Electoral College votes.

When it comes to the economy, this might mark an endpoint for the presidential election, but the twin realities of the pandemic and the recession remain. So while we may be able to leave vote tallies and red-and-blue maps behind, there are plenty of other 2020 metrics set to come back into view.

Even as Friday’s jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor indicated unemployment fell slightly to 6.9% in October, COVID-19 cases are on the rise. This is playing out locally, too. Maryland reported its highest single-day total of new cases since May, with an increase of more than 1,500 infections, per WJZ. Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment rate rose to 7.2% in September, the latest data states.

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