ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis has consistently touted the statewide number of COVID-19 cases is trending downward in Florida. “Yesterday’s test results have got to be the lowest percent positive since we’ve been doing any type of major testing,” the Governor said at a press conference Tuesday.
It is good news, but there is another statistic that stands out to News 6: The number of deaths from COVID-19 is trending upward.
Florida hit it’s the highest number of new cases on April 6 with 1,668 cases. But four days earlier on April 2, Florida hit another spike--43 deaths from coronavirus in a single day, according to the Florida Department of Health.