On Thursday, Florida broke the record for the largest number of coronavirus cases reported in a single day since the outbreak began.

Sunshine’s Health Ministry reported 1,698 new COVID-19 infections.

At least 69,069 cases and 2,848 deaths from the outbreak in Florida have now been reported. to the last issues It was released on Thursday.

Governor Ron DeSantis was asked if he would consider revisiting plans for an increase in cases – and he said it was due to an increase in testing, according to the increase. Local 10 News Tallahassee.

Florida reported that it had completed more than 1.3 million COVID-19 tests, and 5.3 percent returned positive, according to the release.

Most of the state was allowed to lift measures to stop the outbreak from May 4th.

Relaxing restrictions allowed people to flock to the beach that was packed during the Memorial Day weekend.

Some healthcare professionals are afraid of reopening, and then protests related to George Floyd’s death under Minneapolis police supervision can lead to an increase in infections.

Other states, including Texas and Arizona, were hit by a second wave of cases weeks after reopening.