For the third time in four days, Florida broke its record for the number of new COVID-19 cases in one day, and the Florida Department of Health reported nearly 10,000 new cases on Saturday.
Florida now has 132,545 total cases of the virus, the sixth most in the country.
The alarming increase in cases this week forced the governor. Ron DeSantis
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According to the state health department, 78,345 Floridians underwent tests for coronavirus on Friday, a new record. Conservative lawmakers, including President Trump
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On June 13, Florida’s positive test rate was 4.39 percent. By Tuesday, it had shot up to 15.84 percent and is currently at 12.82 percent, almost three times higher than two weeks ago.
On Friday, DeSantis also said the state was beginning to see younger adults begin to be more affected by the virus.
“What we have seen, particularly over the past week, is a real explosion in new cases among our younger demographics,” he said. “When we started this in March, the average age of people who tested positive was, I think, 65 years old. As the tests increased, that was in the 1950s. But it was almost in the 1950s most of the time, and recently, it has actually plummeted. “
The median age for new cases on Friday was 34 years, by comparison.
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