The coronavirus pandemic has now resulted in 50,000 infections across the United States.

The daunting milestone was passed on Tuesday as the country grapples with an influx of cases and deaths in recent days. U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned a day prior that “this week, it’s going to get bad.”

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