The White House coronavirus task force coordinator said she was concerned that Americans who parrot myths about the deadly disease were undermining the country's response to the worsening health crisis.

Dr.

Debra Burkes, on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, expressed her frustration over the mixed messages coming from the Trump administration that are reflected in some Americans perceptions about masks, social distancing and super spreader events.

Only about half of the 50 U.

S states have enacted new restrictions in the last month as cases, deaths and hospitalizations hit record levels across the country, which lacks national leadership on controlling the virus.

14 states do not mandate masks, Birks said.

Quote across the Sun belt We have governors and mayors who have cases equivalent to what they had in the summertime, yet aren't putting in the same policies and mitigations that they put in the summer that they know change the course of this pandemic across the south, adding this is the worst event that this country will face.

While many businesses air shutting down, Dr Anthony Fauci the top U.

S infectious disease expert says schools should reopen before bars do in New York City Some public schools in the nation's largest school district prepared to reopen for daily in person classes on Monday after a citywide campus shut down.

The U.

S remains the leader in global infections and deaths, reporting 190,000 new infections on average each day and accounts for one in every 20 deaths reported worldwide.