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Ron DeSantis: “The numbers of patients who are COVID positive who are in…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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

Published | Video Starts at 16:55

I mean, these are sustained movements where our emergency department visits for Covid like, illness are back down to where they were in the middle of June, right as we started to see the increase. If you look at the percentage or The numbers of patients who are COVID positive who are in hospitals, you've seen a real significant decline over the last two to three weeks, probably about 30%. You go to a county like Pinellas, it's close to 50%. Over the past three weeks, Hillsborough has seen declines in terms of the patients who are hospitalized. (16:55–17:08)

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Asserts a 30% decline in COVID-positive hospital patients over the last two to three weeks.

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