ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida governor praised the state’s most populated counties Wednesday for their work to decrease the number of new coronavirus cases daily, including in Orange County, which receives about 75 million visitors annually. “In Orange County with the theme parks, just think about how many people traveled through there in January, February and March,” DeSantis said.
The theme parks, including Universal Orlando, Disney World and SeaWorld Orlando, have been closed since mid-March to minimize the spread of COVID-19.
As of Wednesday, Orange County has seen 1,251 positive cases since the beginning of March, including 28 deaths from the respiratory illness.