Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus task force coordinator. | Getty Images

Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, issued a blunt memo to officials about America’s Covid-19 crisis.

President Donald Trump is publicly declaring that the United States is “turning the corner” on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Privately, a top official involved in the president’s coronavirus response is warning the opposite.

Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, warned in an alarming internal memo that the United States is “entering the most concerning and most deadly phase of this pandemic.”

The Washington Post first reported the existence of the memo, which was shared with top White House officials Monday. “Cases are rapidly rising in nearly 30 percent of all USA counties, the highest number of county hotspots we have seen with this pandemic,” Birx’s report