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Ron DeSantis: “Palm Beach has been single digit [positivity rate].”

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8/10/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Roundtable in Riverview

Published August 10, 2020 | Video Starts at 18:03

We have point of care testing at one of our main test sites in Miami Dade, and that is showing 10, 11% positive for symptomatic test takers. I think Broward has been single digit for the last five days. Palm Beach has been single digit [positivity rate]. So I think they're going to continue to move in that direction. So. And obviously we want to continue to see that. We're also mindful that nothing is an uncertain time. (18:03–18:06)

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Asserts that Palm Beach County has had a single-digit COVID test positivity rate.

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“There's a lot of parents who really want their kids to have an opportunity to get back to in person instruction.”
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