TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asserted on Sunday that parts of the state are now “on the other side” of the coronavirus outbreak, and said he would soon announce whether he would lift edicts that shuttered much of the state’s economy because of the pandemic.
In a news briefing at an Orlando medical center, the governor again noted the “hysteria” in the early weeks of the outbreak has not materialized in Florida, despite dire predictions that speculated many more deaths than the state has recorded so far.
As of Sunday, the state had more than 31,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 1,070 deaths. With his safer-at-home order set to expire Thursday, the governor said he'd be taking key actions in the coming days as he