COVID-19 cases in Florida still rising

Governor DeSantis suggested Florida’s upward trend of positivity rates might be flattening for much of the state.

Experts recommend states aim for a positivity rate below 10%.

Florida’s has been over 11% for the past two weeks.

The state hasn’t been below 10% since June 24th.

COLORS.(AD LIB TOSS TO WX)THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW OURSTATE HAS SHATTERED THESINGLE-DAY RECORD OF NEWCORONAVIRUS CASES...REPORTING15-THOUSAND, THREE-HUNDREDBUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS DUE TOAN INCREASE IN TESTING... ANDHOW ARE STATE AND LOCAL LEADERSRESPONDING WHEN IT COMES TOTHINGS LIKE MASKS, AND PLANS TREOPEN.OUR JESSICA ALPERN IS LOOKINGINTO THAT STORY THIS MORNING.ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR, WE’RENOW TESTING ONE IN NINEFLORIDIANS.THAT’S THE LATEST MESSAGE FROMDESANTIS, WHO TOUTED FLORIDA’SCURRENT TESTING SITUATION OVERTHE WEEKEND.THIS -- AS THE STATE HIT THEHIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES RECORDEDBY ANY SINGLE STATE.DESANTIS SUGGESTED OUR UPWARDTREND OF POSITIVITY RATES MIGHTBE FLATTENING FOR MUCH OF THESTATE.EXPERTS RECOMMEND STATES AIM FORA POSITIVITY RATE BELOW 10PERCENT.OURS HAS BEEN OVER 11 FOR THEPAST TWO WEEKS.WE HAVEN’T BEEN BELOW 10-PERCENTSINCE JUNE 24TH.WITH MORE THAN 75-HUNDRED COVIDPATIENTS HOSPITALIZED, MEDICALSYSTEMS ACROSS OUR STATE SAYTHEY’RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UPAND ARE RUNNING OUT OF I-C-UBEDS.WE’VE SEEN THE NUMBERS PROMPTBEACH CLOSURES, AND IN SOMEAREAS... A ROLL BACK OF THEIPHASED RE-OPENING.STILL, CRITICS SAY THE GOVERNORNEEDS TO DO MORE.Rep.

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