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Ron DeSantis: “Broward was 4.3%.”

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8/24/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Makes a Major Announcement in Miami

Published | Video Starts at 11:41

And we've seen that downward trend pretty consistently over the past several weeks. The positivity rate in terms of the percentage of tests coming back positive was 5.2% for today. Broward was 4.3%. And then you got places like Sarasota 2%, Pinellas 2.9. Miami data seen a real significant decline. They're not quite at that Sarasota Pinellas level yet, but it's trending very positively. (11:41–11:44)

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Asserts that Broward County's COVID-19 test positivity rate was 4.3% on the day of the statement.

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