Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that most of Florida would begin reopening Monday, but South Florida, home to most of the state’s coronavirus cases and deaths, will remain under tighter restrictions for the forseeable future.
“This current crisis has impacted in one way or another all 21 and a half million Floridians in life-changing ways,” DeSantis said in remarks that he began delivering in Tallahassee just after 5 p.m.
DeSantis said Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties are “trending in a positive direction,” but are excluded for now. “I do believe they will be able to move to Phase One very soon.