Veterans Affairs has now reported more than 50,000 coronavirus cases

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Staffers at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan, Puerto Rico, check an incoming visitor for signs of possible coronavirus exposure on March 19, 2020. (1st Sgt. Rodolfo Armando Barrios Quinones/Army)

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday surpassed 50,000 coronavirus cases among its patients since the start of the pandemic in March, with more than half of those positive tests coming in the last 50 days alone.