DeSantis' meeting at the White House came as Florida reported its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus, and two days before Florida's stay-at-home order was due to expire. Declining to give details, DeSantis called the plan a "small step," adding, "we're going to approach it in a very measured, thoughtful and data-driven way." While DeSantis' state has so far been spared the worst of the pandemic, Florida reported a record 83 new deaths and more than 700 new infections from the previous 24 hours on Tuesday. The state has so far tallied 32,846 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, including 1,171 deaths. The number of known US coronavirus infections has doubled over the past 18 days to more than 1 million.

Source: bd News24 April 29, 2020 03:00 UTC