Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Washington.Dr. Deborah Birx, lead coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, expressed concern about lingering outbreaks in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
DC and its suburbs have the highest rate of positive coronavirus tests in the country, Birx said at a news briefing on Friday.But all three cities have their sights on reopening.As many US cities witness a decline in reported coronavirus cases, three cities still struggle to contain their outbreaks. At a news briefing on Friday, Dr. Deborah Birx, the lead coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, identified lingering hotspots in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
"Even though Washington has remained closed, LA has remained closed, Chicago has remained closed, we still see these ongoing cases," Birx said. She added that she had asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work with these municipalities "to really understand where these new cases are coming from and what do we need to do to prevent them in the future."
Washington, DC and its suburbs have the highest rate of positive coronavirus tests in the country, Birx said on Friday. Aroundhave come back positive since the start of the outbreak, the Washington Post reported. That share dropped down to 11% over the last week, but Maryland's weekly rate is still around 18%. In Northern Virginia, the weekly rate of positive tests was 25% as of May 18.
Birx said 42 states have seen weekly positive-test rates of less than 10% — an indicator that they have
Dr. Looking a bit run down by this whole thing.
This woman defended Traitor Trump's telling people to drink disinfectants on fox fake news. Don't call her 'dr.' The REAL doctors of the CDC were shut down by the GOP and Traitor Trump.
Find out where these cities are housing COVID patients. Who is it is dying? Who is still getting infected and dying? Find out who is dying and where they are. We need that very basic information.
So being enclosed does not make any difference? It probably makes things worse ...
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