ORLANDO, Fla. – Testing numbers from the Florida Department of Health may not show the complete picture of how many Floridians have been tested for COVID-19.
News 6 looked at what’s behind those numbers and spoke with the Gov. Ron DeSantis. “We’re close to 340,000 individuals that have been tested,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Orlando on Sunday.
DeSantis touted the number of people tested for coronavirus in Florida, but as News 6 reported last week, when you look at our population of roughly 22 million people, the number the governor gave would be over 1% of the population tested.
It isn't true. We asked the governor if re-tests are included in that number. “Yeah so they are, it’s a good, good question,” DeSantis said. “So yes it