Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that the Pentagon is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy field hospitals, medical equipment and health-care professionals this week to areas hit hard by the coronavirus, including New York City and Seattle.

“My aim is to get them out this week,” Esper told reporters during a news conference.

“My view is Seattle and New York City are the places. We just need FEMA to validate that because … FEMA is the government’s central place for handling of requests and in validation and prioritizing them. That is my notion. We’ll be moving them out this week,” he continued.

Esper said field hospitals come in different sizes, but the largest has 248 beds.

“I suspect that that will be the type that we’re sending because they give the highest capacity in one fell swoop,” he said.

He said FEMA will make the final decision on what size of field hospital to send.

On Sunday, President Trump reiterated that the USNS Comfort will be steaming to New York Harbor to help treat coronavirus patients.

The Comfort, which was sent to New York after Sept. 11, is outfitted with 1,000 beds and up to 1,200 doctors, nurses and medical specialists, as well an array of medical equipment.

Trump also said the National Guard will be deployed in New York and Washington State.

There are 20,800 cases across the state and more than 12,000 in the Big Apple.