Leaked White House documents show a dramatic increase in coronavirus cases in several cities in middle America, directly contradicting Donald Trump’s comments Monday that the virus is under control.
According to a May 7 coronavirus task force memo obtained by NBC News, cities in Tennessee, Iowa, Texas, and Kentucky saw a spike in coronavirus cases in the seven-day period leading up to that date, with Central City, Kentucky, experiencing a 650 percent increase in that same time frame.
Charlotte, North Carolina, and Kansas City, Missouri, both had increases of 200 percent over the same seven-day period. Continue reading.