Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: 'Things are going in a good direction'Washington Times, Apr 25, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday testing is up in his state but the percentage of people testing positive for the coronavirus is down, suggesting Florida is heading in a good direction in its battle against COVID-19.
About 320,000 people have been tested in Florida.
In the past two days, 37,000 people reported having coronavirus tests and less than 2,000 of those came back positive, Mr. DeSantis announced.
“What we are seeing is the percentage of people going into test that test positive is declining. Florida already had a pretty low percentage,†the governor said.
“The last week, the average positivity rate for new individuals is about 7.5 percent, so that’s a good sign things are going in a good direction,†he added.
The governor said there will continue to be increased testing and has ordered more high through-put machines for state labs.
The state also saw the lowest number of patients entering the ICU statewide in the past seven days.
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