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Orange County mayor reiterates face mask importance as COVID-19 cases rise, skew younger
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings addressed residents Monday, and again, stressed the importance of mandatory face mask use after the county saw 782 newly reported cases of COVID-19 over the weekend.“We saw 437 in one day yesterday, in a 24 hour period, after Saturday we saw 345 cases, which reinforces again, the necessity for the mandatory face mask order within Orange County, so our goal is real simple: to continue the slowing of the spread of the virus within our community,” Demings said of the numbers over the weekend.Demings said while he was out and about over the Father’s Day weekend, he saw many wearing a mask, but also a portion of residents not complying with the mandate, and said he hopes that changes.“It