Four of the nine counties in Central Florida have a positivity rate above 10%.
“Generally, there’s an increase as you go through the second half of the month of June, which is something that should be of concern,” statistician Eric Solomon said.
Here’s a breakdown of the positivity rates in Central Florida by county:
Brevard: 8.4%
Flagler: 6.1%
Lake: 8%
Marion: 7.3%
Orange: 15.6%
Osceola: 14.2%
Seminole: 13.9%
Sumter: 4.9%
Volusia: 10.2%
The state average for the last two weeks of May was 3%.
In mid-May, the positivity rate dipped below 1%.
According to data compiled by John Hopkins University, Florida is the second-highest of 24 states that have a positivity rate above 5%.
On Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Ron DeSantis were in Tampa Thursday. You can see the news conference below: