“We do have 19 out of our 50 states, to be reminded, that had early cases but have persistently low level of cases and, at this point, have less than 200 cases. So that’s almost 40% of the country with extraordinarily low numbers.”
Dr. Deborah Birx
Coronavirus task force coordinator. White House. Claim dated 26 Mar 2020.
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Dr. Deborah Birx (Coronavirus task force coordinator) made this claim around 26 March 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 March 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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