TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Some of Florida's harder-hit municipalities ordered all their residents to shelter-in-place Tuesday after Gov.
Ron DeSantis argued against a statewide order and blamed people flying in from New York and New Jersey for potentially spreading the coronavirus.
The "Safer at Home" order went into effect Tuesday morning for Miami Beach residents. Other Miami-Dade County municipalities, including Bay Harbor Islands and Bal Harbour Village, issued similar orders Monday night.
Gainesville and surrounding Alachua County, where the 36 confirmed cases include college students returning from Spring Break, also issued “stay at home" orders on Monday. “People should only be outside for exercise and attending to their necessities like