Washington, D.C. Metro Area Has Highest Coronavirus Positivity Rate, Dr. Birx Says

White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx says the Washington, D.C., metro area, which includes Northern Virginia, Montgomery County and Prince George's County in Maryland, has the highest coronavirus positivity rate among the nation's cities, followed by Baltimore, Chicago and Minneapolis. “These are the places where we have seen really a stalling or an increase of cases,” Birx says, while other urban centers across the country have seen a decline in the number of positive coronavirus cases. close