(CNN) Republican Sen. Rick Scott said Sunday that the US has not beaten the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump is falsely claiming that the country is "rounding the corner" on the surging virus in the final days of the 2020 campaign. "We haven't beaten this yet," Scott told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," urging "all of us" to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday pushed baseless claims to try and convince voters the coronavirus pandemic is improving, despite the number of new cases, hospitalizations and the test positivity rate all increasing. On CNN Sunday, Scott said the federal government has made progress on therapeutics and potential vaccines, but needs to improve testing for Americans. We got to get more testing out there for the private sector," Scott told Tapper.

Source: CNN November 01, 2020 15:27 UTC