Mike Pence reportedly urged governors to reiterate a misleading claim that coronavirus infection spikes are due to increased testing

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• Vice President Mike Pence told governors in a call Monday to cite increased testing as an explanation for the recent spikes in coronavirus cases across the US, The New York Times reported.
• Data analysis by the Times shows the claim, which has been touted by the Trump administration, is misleading, as "positive case rates are increasing faster than the increase in the average number of tests" in at least 14 states.
• On the call, the vice president compared coronavirus cases to "embers" to be stamped out. However, health experts, even including those at the White House, have iterated that there is a long road ahead in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vice President Mike Pence urged governors during a call to use a misleading claim to explain the recent COVID-19 outbreaks in coronavirus cases across the US, The New York Times reported Monday.

The claim, which has repeatedly been touted by the Trump administration, says the reasoning behind what Pence called "intermittent" spikes coronavirus cases in various states is increased testing, The Times reported.

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