JACKSONVILLE, Fla. When the number of cases of COVID-19 began rising in Florida and more than a dozen other states earlier this month, national, state and city leaders were quick to say were seeing more cases because were doing more testing.
As testing capacity increases, considering confirmed new cases, testing rates and percent positivity together gives us a fuller picture of COVID-19 in a particular state or region, according to its website.
Floridas positivity rate has also increased recently.
Across the United States, the positivity rate of coronavirus testing is running at just under 5%, down from a peak of 21% in early April.
As you get into the second week of June, you start to see some more cases pop up, DeSantis said.