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Ron DeSantis: “Broward county, decreased in hospitalized patients over 65%…”

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9/2/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Press Conference in Daytona Beach

Published | Video Starts at 07:47

And so it's not a great metric, but by Miami, they were testing positive between 20 and 25% the first two weeks of July today was 5.3%. So they've had a huge reduction there. If you look at Broward county, decreased in hospitalized patients over 65% since their peak. Palm beach, same thing. Orange, 72% decline from their peak in hospitalized patients. And then obviously Volusia, they're down over 70% in terms of their hospitalized patients here. (07:47–07:53)

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Asserts a 65% decrease in hospitalizations in Broward County since peak.

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