After the National Guard successfully launched a large-scale COVID-19 test site in Broward County, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he plans to open more sites like it around the state, including in The Villages.
Samples from more than 400 people were taken at the drive-thru test side in Pembroke Pines on Friday, DeSantis said about 8 hours after it opened.
Throughout the state more than 9,000 people have now been tested, according to the Florida Department of Health. The first National Guard testing site in Florida opened not far from where the largest concentration of coronavirus cases have been confirmed.
At least seven cases are tied to an assisted-living facility after non-residents who were ill came into the facility and unknowingly infected