(CNN) Admiral Brett Giroir, the White House's coronavirus testing czar, said Wednesday that coronavirus cases are surging because the virus is spreading and that the US can control the pandemic, disputing President Donald Trump that cases are surging because of increased testing. Trump again falsely claimed in a tweet Monday that the surge of cases in the US is because "we TEST, TEST, TEST." Asked about Trump's tweet during an interview with NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday, Giroir said that cases and hospitalizations are actually increasing. He also called for the US to increase testing capacities and to do more testing. So, we're much less than July, but those are going up, those are real, and we do know that deaths are increasing, unfortunately," he added.

Source: CNN October 28, 2020 15:45 UTC