Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, April 4, 2020.

Coronavirus deaths will continue to climb in the U.S. this week even as new cases near their peak and the rate of hospitalizations slow down, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday.

"It's going to be a bad week for deaths," Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Fox News.

Fauci said deaths generally lag behind other aspects of the outbreak such as new cases and hospitalization.

After this week, the U.S. should see the "beginning of a turnaround," Fauci said.

"So, we need to keep pushing on the mitigation strategies because there is no doubt that that is having a positive impact on the dynamics of the outbreak," he said. "Now is not the time to pull back at all. It's the time to intensify."