PEOPLE IN FLORIDA HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 SINCE THE
START OF THE PANDEMIC.
THE WORST MILESTONE WAS REACHED
TODAY AS TESTING RAMPS.
UP AFTER SOME FLIGHTS WERE
TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN.
43 TESTING FIGHTS STATEWIDE
CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND, MONDAY
AND YESTERDAY OVER THE TROPICAL
STORM CONCERNS.
BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS UNDER
THE STORM MAY BE BREWING AS
PEOPLE RETURN TO TESTING FIGHTS.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN
ANOTHER 225 DEATHS STATEWIDE.
RINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO
MORE THAN 7700.
IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THERE
HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 2000 NEW
CASES AND 51 NEW DEATHS
REPORTED HERE IN BROWARD THEY
WERE MORE THAN 900 NEW CASES AND
18 NEW DEATHS REPORTED.
MONROE COUNTY REPORTS 15 NEW
CASES AND NO NEW DEATHS.
AND HERE ARE THE POSITIVITY
RATES, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS UP
SLIGHTLY FROM 15 POINT 5% WITH
A SLIGHTLY HIGHER 14 DAY
AVERAGE.
IN BROWARD POSITIVITY IS DOWN A
BIT TO JUST UNDER 9% WITH A 14
DAY AVERAGE AROUND 12%.
MONROE COUNTY IS 13.6%,
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE 14 DAY
AVERAGE.
TY RUSSELL IS A HARD ROCK
STADIA WHERE RAPID TESTING WAS
OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME
TODAY.
Reporter: ELLIOTT, IT IS
VERY QUIET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
THE RIGHT IS CLOSED FOR THE
DAY.
IT WILL REOPEN AT AROUND 9:00
TOMORROW MORNING.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY
STREAM OF CARS HERE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY BECAUSE OF RAPID
TESTING.
WE DO WANT TO CAUTION YOU.
BECAUSE WE TALK TO AN EXPERT
THAT TOLD US THE NEGATIVE
RESULTS FROM THESE RAPID TESTS,
IMMEDIATE RESULTS YOU GET HERE
MIGHT NOT BE 100% IF THEY COME
BACK NEGATIVE.
MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
GIVEN A SWAB TEST AT HARD ROCK
STADIA.
THAT IS THE LATEST NUMBER AS A
THREAT LIKE THIS AFTERNOON.
IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE
TESTING SITE REOPENING SINCE
CLOSING OR THE STORM.
IT IS ALSO DAY WILL ONE OF
OFFERING THE TEST.
GETTING A FAST TURNAROUND
AND A FAST ANSWER IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO
TO GET OUR OUTBREAK UNDER
CONTROL.
Reporter: DR. EILEEN IS AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST.
SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE RAPID TESTS.
IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD IF IT
IS POSITIVE.
BUT IF IT IS NEGATIVE YOU STILL
HAVE TO SEND IT OUT.
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF FALSE
NEGATIVES WITH THAT TEST.
Reporter: PEOPLE LINED UP
EARLY THIS MORNING HERE AND AT
MARLINS PARK.
SENIORS, 65 AND OLDER, CAN GET
IT REGARDLESS OF SYMPTOMS.
THE SAME GOES FOR CHILDREN FROM
5 TO 17.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE 18 TO 60
FOUR, YOU MUST HAVE SYMPTOMS.
WE ARE STARTING TO ACTUALLY
SUPPRESS THE OUTBREAK.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT.
EVEN WITH LOWER TESTING NUMBERS
THAN THIS TIME LAST WEEK, THE
POSITIVITY RATE REMAINED TOO
HIGH ACCORDING TO DOCTORS.
OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS IT HAS
SLOWLY GONE UP.
THE TWO WEEK AVERAGE OF 16%.
WE ARE AT A STEADY RATE.
BUT IT IS A HIGH RATE.
Reporter: MIAMI-DADE MAYOR
IS SEEING A DIFFERENCE.
HE TWEETED WE CONTINUE TO SEE
AN ENCOURAGING DECLINE IN OUR
POSITIVITY RATE AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
NUMBERS RELEASED WEDNESDAY SHOW
MORE THAN 1800 PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL COUNTYWIDE.
IT IS CONTINUING TO FALL.
EVIL WITH UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY THE
OBESE INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE
HAVING A GREAT CHALLENGE AND
STABILIZING THEM.
Reporter: THERE ARE STILL
500 WHO ARE IN THE ICU, AND
MORE THAN 300 ARE ON A
VENTILATOR.
IT IS THE SAME DAY BUT
STATEWIDE CASE COUNT CROSSED
HALF 1 MILLION.
INITIALS WE HAVE NOT BEEN
VERY GOOD OVERALL AND
CONTROLLING RATE.
IN COMPARISON TO WHAT OTHER
COUNTRIES AND SOME OTHER STATES
HAVE DONE.
Reporter: SOLD THEIR IS
STILL MY WORK TODAY TO CONTROL
THIS VIRUS.
THE DAILY DASHBOARD IS SHOWING
INFORMATION ABOUT TURNAROUND
TIME.
ABOUT HALF THE TESTS ARE TAKING
LESS THAN THREE DAYS TO GET
SOME RESULTS.
AND THE OTHER HALF IS TAKING