San Francisco Mayor London Breed slammed the White House response to the growing coronavirus outbreak while requesting more federal aid Tuesday in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence.

Breed said coordination between the White House, Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was inadequate, calling the administration’s response to the viral outbreak “anemic” and “deficient.”

“Leadership at the federal level is imperative -- we cannot wait as the window to take action to reduce community infections is closing,” Breed wrote.

On Tuesday, there were 105 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in the country, including 43 in California and 26 in the Bay Area. There were no confirmed cases in San Francisco. Six people in the country, all in Washington state, have died.

San Francisco declared a State of Emergency on Feb. 25 and officials said Monday that the city is ramping up preparations as health experts expect local cases to be confirmed imminently as local testing begins.

“However, the White House’s anemic response and lack of transparency prevents us from optimizing this preparation,” Breed wrote.

President Trump appointed Pence to lead the administration’s Coronavirus Task Force. The administration has requested $2.6 billion to address the disease, but Breed said in the letter that this amount was “not commensurate with the risk to our communities.”

The mayor requested that the administration secure personal protective equipment for medical personnel and immediately expand testing capacity.

San Francisco is scheduled to start testing locally this week, but has only been provided 250 kits, Breed said.

“The lack of test kits is a national disgrace,” Breed wrote. “We will not be able to contain, treat, or mitigate the effects of the virus if we cannot diagnose infection.”

Chinese American communities have faced discrimination since the coronavirus first broke out in Wuhan, China. In her letter, Breed called out the federal government for not communicating support to the communities. She also criticized the administration for not adequately responding to conspiracy theories circulating about the epidemic.

Breed suggested that the administration implement a Presidential Disaster Declaration and U.S. Small Business Administration declaration to help state and local governments assist struggling businesses.

“We request support for an approach to the emerging pandemic that is based on science, transparency, and resource allocations to protect the American public,” Breed wrote.

Anna Bauman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: anna.bauman@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @abauman2