Wednesday marked the first time in which the number of people in the United States diagnosed with the coronavirus surged past 50,000 in one day.

According to the Washington Post, there were 52,789 cases recorded on Wednesday, a higher single-day tally than any other day since the pandemic broke out and made its way across the Atlantic Ocean. California, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia all experienced new state-based records the same day.

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