CDC Chief: CCP Virus Cases Across US Are ‘Plateauing’

Ambulances are parked outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 4, 2020 in New York. - New York state's coronavirus toll rose at a devastating pace to 3,565 deaths Saturday, the governor said, up from 2,935 the previous day, the largest 24-hour jump recorded there. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images

The top U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official said the United States has the capability to handle a spike in CCP virus patients, noting that the country has reached a plateau in cases.

“We have learned a great deal about COVID-19 and, across the nation cases we are plateauing,” Dr. Robert Redfield wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “There are still outbreaks, but we have a better capacity to handle them with early case identification, contact tracing, and isolation.”