Pence says Americans should expect coronavirus cases to rise ‘in the days ahead’
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks on Covid-19 testing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 28, 2020.
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Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that Americans should expect Covid-19 cases to rise “in the days ahead” as testing increases and some Midwest states show worrying coronavirus trends.
The rate of Covid-19 tests that come back positive is now rising in 10 states in the Midwest and West, Pence said during a press conference from the White House’s Rose Garden alongside President Donald Trump. With that development and the United States’ “historic advance in testing,” the public “should anticipate that cases will rise in the days ahead,” he added.
“But as we more readily identify those who have contracted the coronavirus, the American people can be confident,” he said.
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[Source: CNBC News]