A woman wearing a mask and a cold weather jacket walks her dogs in New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)ATLANTA, Ga. - As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket across the country, the CDC posted an “urgent alert” tweet calling on people to wear a mask and follow other safety precautions to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.According to Johns Hopkins, the world had reported more than 56 million positive cases and 1.3 million deaths as of Nov.
19. In the United States alone, more than 11 million people had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and more than 250,000 people had died.The CDC’s tweet took on the toughest tone Americans have seen yet from the agency over the course of the pandemic.