Pence: Spikes in COVID-19 Cases Caused by ‘Dramatic Increase’ in Testing

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the daily CCP virus briefing at the White House in Washington, on April 19, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The United States is seeing strong drops in COVID-19-related hospitalization and mortality rates, with the exception of a few places, Vice President Mike Pence said, attributing the “vast majority” of new cases to a surge in testing.

Speaking at a White House roundtable on June 15, Pence said that increased cases of COVID-19 infections in some states were caused by a “dramatic increase in testing.”