The U.S. coronavirus death toll will depend on how southern and western states with the worst outbreaks respond to the virus over the coming weeks, Birx said.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said on Sunday that the U. S. is “in a new phase” of battling against the coronavirus pandemic and urged Americans to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines. “What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread… it’s more widespread and it’s both rural and urban,” Birx said during an interview on CNN. “To everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected from this virus,” Birx said. “And that is why we keep saying, no matter where you live in America, you need to wear a mask and socially distance, do the personal hygiene pieces.
