For many people in the United States, the reality of the new coronavirus is really starting to hit home. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the new coronavirus (the infectious disease also known as COVID-19) is now officially a pandemic, which means that sustained spread of the virus is occurring in many different areas of the globe. The number of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. has been steadily increasing as well. The first potential case of community-associated spread (meaning that people were getting the illness without a clear source) was announced in California on February 26, and experts believe the infection has likely been spreading in the U.S. since the first case was diagnosed in Washington on January 20. At press time, 938 cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in the country, with 29 deaths.