Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Michael (Mike) Richard PompeoOvernight Defense: Pentagon redirects pandemic funding to defense contractors | US planning for full Afghanistan withdrawal by May | Anti-Trump GOP group puts ads in military papers Overnight Defense: House Democrats unveil stopgap spending measure to GOP opposition | Bill includes .6B for new subs | Trump issues Iran sanctions after world shrugs at US action at UN Navalny calls on Russia to return clothes he was wearing when he fell ill MORE, who has been critical of China's reporting of coronavirus cases, is calling on nations to "step up" efforts to share "accurate, transparent information" to help the world fight the pandemic.

“When you hear [Trump administration officials] talk about risk, talk about fatalities, trying to think about how to model, what they need is data. They need data from Italy. They need data from China. They need data from Iran," Pompeo told Fox News host Sean Hannity Sean Patrick HannitySunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week Ex-Pence aide: Trump spent 45 minutes of task force meeting 'going off on Tucker Carlson' instead of talking coronavirus MORE, who was hosting from Pier 90 in Manhattan where a naval hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, is docked, late Monday.

“We need every country to step up and provide accurate, transparent information," Pompeo continued. "And if we can’t have that, if we have disinformation instead, there are more lives that will be at risk not only today but in the weeks ahead as we battle this enormous challenge."

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“We’ve asked every country to step up, tell us what they know so that the world can learn," he added. "America will then turn around and we will share the information we get. And we’ll keep people safe not only here in the United States but all across the world.”

China is claiming that no new cases of coronavirus were reported on Monday in Wuhan city and Hubei province, which was the center of the pandemic's outbreak.

Its reporting, however, has been met with skepticism by administration officials and U.S. lawmakers.

Pompeo last week said China was putting “thousands of lives at risk” by withholding information.

"We have NO IDEA how many cases China really has but without any doubt it's significantly more than why [sic] they admit to," Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioOvernight Defense: Pentagon redirects pandemic funding to defense contractors | US planning for full Afghanistan withdrawal by May | Anti-Trump GOP group puts ads in military papers Democrats step up hardball tactics as Supreme Court fight heats up Press: Notorious RBG vs Notorious GOP MORE (R-Fla.) wrote on Twitter Sunday.

A Chinese health official told The Wall Street Journal this week that Beijing did not include asymptomatic individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus in its counts but would do so from now on.

The U.S. death toll exceeded 3,000 on Tuesday, according to a New York Times coronavirus tracker.