Washington (CNN) Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's suggestion that West Virginia was doing a good job of combating the outbreak because the Democratic senator believes testing is not adequately available, which means the true number of cases is unknown.

"I wanted to make sure that people understood they should not get a false sense of security. I was hoping the President would not go down that road in making (it) look like we're doing something special," Manchin told CNN's John Berman on "New Day," adding that the state has only tested about 130 people for the virus as of Tuesday morning. "With that being said, John, we have no testing, we're not prepared, people think that we're immune from this."

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced the state's first coronavirus case in the eastern panhandle on Tuesday. There were more than 6,000 confirmed cases across the US as of Wednesday morning.

During a White House coronavirus briefing Tuesday, Trump touted West Virginia for having no confirmed cases.

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