U.S. governors from both sides of the divide on Sunday disputed President Donald Trump's claims about the availability of COVID-19 testing, further throwing the president's plan to re-open the country into doubt.

On CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, the Republican governor of Maryland and the Democratic governors of Virginia and Michigan disputed Trump's claims that their states have adequate testing to warrant a reopening of their states.

In his White House briefing on Thursday, President Trump said it is time "to open up. America wants to be open, and Americans want to be open."

This claim has however been criticized by some leaders across the country, most of whom say the battle against COVID-19 is far from won.

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said the claims that the states have ample testing capacity is "just delusional."

"We've been fighting every day for PPE. We have supplies now coming in. We've been fighting for testing," Northam told CNN's Jake Tapper. "It's not a straightforward test. We don't even have enough swabs."

Speaking at a briefing on Saturday, New York Governor Andrey Cuomo said the states need additional funding from the federal government to enable more testing, which was key to reopening the country.

The U.S. is the world's worst affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic, having registered more than 735,000 cases and over 39,000 deaths.

Source(s): CNN