UPDATE Monday, March 2nd – 1:15 p.m.
.@CDCgov confirms Florida’s two cases of #COVID19. Visit @HealthyFla‘s dedicated information page for the latest updates and guidance: https://t.co/e1S8bGG26U. Know the Facts. #PublicHealth #WHO #Coronavirus
— Florida Dept. Health (@HealthyFla) March 2, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed Sunday that two people in the state of Florida are the first to test “presumptively positive” for the coronavirus as he ordered health officials to declare a public health emergency surrounding the global spread of the coronavirus.
Florida has 2 presumptive positive #COVID19 cases: one adult resident of Hillsborough County and one adult resident of Manatee County. Both individuals are isolated and being appropriately cared for.
— Florida Dept. Health (@HealthyFla) March 2, 2020
A statement released by DeSantis’s office said the cases involve a person in Manatee County and another in Hillsborough County.
The Florida Department of Public Health has set up a website with the latest information.
