ORLANDO, Fla. – The first day of June kicks off a big month for Central Florida. Hurricane season began and will continue through the end of November, and the state has now spent two weeks under what Gov.
Ron DeSantis called “full phase one” of his plan to reopen the state. June 1 also marks three months since COVID-19 was first diagnosed in Florida. [TIMELINE: The spread of coronavirus in Florida] As of Monday, the Florida Department of Health reported 667 news cases of COVID-19 since approximately the same time Sunday, as well as 13 additional deaths.
These new statistics bring the total number of cases of COVID-19 since the disease was first detected in the state on March 1 to 56,830, as well as 2,460 total deaths.