Florida coronavirus update for Wednesday: DeSantis won’t issue stay-home order as cases surpass 1,600, Orange stay-home order begins Thursday

Speaking in Orange County, where a stay-at-home order goes into effect Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis stood by his position that a statewide shutdown to protect against the coronavirus isn’t necessary. He said the stay-at-home mandate is better suited for hard-hit areas of the state such as South Florida.

Florida’s coronavirus case count shot up by more than 200 Wednesday, a day after a the Senate and White House reached a deal for a $2 trillion stimulus package meant to put $1,200 per adult and $500 per child into Americans’ bank accounts to stem the economic fallout from the pandemic.

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Though several counties have done shutdown orders, they are a patchwork, both in geography and nature.

DeSantis is going to hold out until he gets the praise (and money and ventilators, etc.) from Trump he wants.