'We are going to have schools open. We are protecting every Floridian's job in this state,' the governor said.
said he expects COVID-19 cases to drop in the coming weeks and will not impose any precautionary restrictions.
DeSantis credited his response to COVID, which has focused on vaccinating seniors and nursing home residents, for the fact that fewer Floridians are dying now than last August. A year ago, Florida was averaging about 180 COVID deaths per day during an early August spike, but last week averaged 58 per day. Deaths don't spike until a few weeks after hospitalizations as the disease usually takes weeks to kill.
Hospitals around the state report putting emergency room patients in beds in hallways and are documenting a noticeable drop in the age of COVID patients. Some hospitals are again banning visitors or postponing elective surgeries. DeSantis did encourage people to get vaccinated, saying while it is not a perfect barrier against the disease the shots do provide a strong defense against getting seriously ill. About 95 percent of those hospitalized and almost all recent deaths have been among the unvaccinated, hospital officials have said. The Florida counties with the lowest vaccination rates and some of the highest per-capita hospitalizations are heavily Republican.
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