White House Coronavirus Official Warns Cases Will ‘Spike’ As Testing Ramps Up This Week

Assistant Secretary for Health and head of the Public Health Service Admiral Brett Giroir standing with Vice President Mike Pence (L) and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force team, at the White House in Washington on March 15, 2020. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The United States will begin to see a “spike” in confirmed coronavirus cases as the nation ramps up its testing this week, the White House coronavirus response director warned on March 15.

“For those of you who watched China, and China reporting, remember when they changed their definition and all of a sudden there was a blip in their curve? We are going to see that,” Dr. Deborah Birx said at a briefing by the White House Coronavirus Task Force on Sunday.