The National Guard has deployed 1,560 personnel across nearly half the country in a move meant to help besieged healthcare workers deal with the influx of coronavirus patients.

The Air and Army National Guard are working in 22 states, including some of those hardest-hit by the coronavirus: New York, New Jersey, and Colorado. The Guard has nearly quadrupled the 400 personnel the Pentagon said last Friday had been sent out. Since late last week, the number of confirmed cases in the United States has shot up to nearly 6,000 by Tuesday afternoon.

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