![]() All told, 10 states qualified for this group of states with high coronavirus-related restrictions. 30, as well as the states that had a medium level of restrictions on both businesses and residents. ![]() We focused on the states that the Times had cited as enacting the most stringent restrictions for either businesses or residents as of Nov. Piccolo then used the Covid Act Now website to calculate the number of cases and hospitalizations per 100,000 residents in some of the states with more stringent restrictions. 30, showing which states have businesses that are mostly closed, which ones have no restrictions, and which ones are "mixed." The Times also published a map showing states with stay-at-home orders or advisories. Piccolo cited a New York Times state-by-state analysis, updated Nov. We asked Fred Piccolo, a spokesperson for DeSantis, for evidence to explain the governor’s claim that cases in states that are locked down are increasing twice as fast as in Florida. It’s likely that other factors beyond just a state’s rules are affecting COVID-19 rates. We checked DeSantis’ claim that "the states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are." We found that while Florida is doing comparatively well at the moment, DeSantis overstated the correlation between cases and lockdown rules. If you look at the per capita cases, in a lot of these states that have closed schools, businesses shuttered, some of them even post stay-at-home orders there, you see a huge increase in these cases." "Well, OK, the states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are. ![]() "So I hear people say, ‘Oh, well, Florida is open, and they’re having increased cases,’" DeSantis said Nov. The day before Florida recorded its 1 millionth case, DeSantis told reporters that states in lockdown mode are faring worse than Florida. Ron DeSantis has resisted pleas from some of his state’s mayors to enact statewide measures to fight COVID-19, such as a mask mandate and the power to adopt local restrictions. ![]()
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