Apple said it would re-close more than two dozen stores in seven states starting Thursday, including its home state of California, bringing total closures to 77 as coronavirus cases continue to rise.
The stores will close in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada and Oklahoma, it said on Wednesday, when additional stores had already closed in Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Utah.
Apple’s approach has meant that some stores remain open while others are closed in the same state.
In California, many Los Angeles area stores will close Thursday as the region’s coronavirus cases rise, while a flagship store in San Francisco’s Union Square shopping district remains open. In Texas, stores in the Austin area had remained open until this week despite closings in Houston last week.
Apple closed all of its stores outside mainland China in March, and not all U.S. stores re-opened after the initial closures. Apple has said its retail employees will continue to be paid through the closures.
