Florida and California have followed dramatically different approaches to tackling the spread of coronavirus – but both countries have seen the most important statistics improve in recent weeks.
Gavin Newsom, governor of California, has imposed stricter rules and recently ordered a state residence at the home on Dec. 3 that lasted during the holiday season.
The order, which was lifted on January 25, went so far as to ban outdoor dining, beauty services and religious services.
In the Sunshine State, on the other hand, steps have been taken to ensure that businesses are kept open.
Governor Ron DeSantis in September prevented local municipalities from imposing restrictions that would force restaurants and pubs to operate less than half.
He also signed an executive order preventing companies from being fined for violating COVID-19 orders.
DeSantis argued Sunday that the state was “focused on uplifting people” while “lock-up states” were chasing people out of pocket. ‘
‘There are a lot of things we did for COVID, but at the same time we increased our country, saved our economy and I think we’ll be out of the gate first. we are able to put COVID behind the country, ‘he told Maria Bartiromo on’ Sunday Morning Futures’.
But despite the different states’ different approaches this winter, it has yielded similar results.
Both countries struggled with an increase in cases around January 1, with the number of infections declining a few weeks later.
They now both see an average of between 200 and 400 cases per million people and, according to the COVID Tracking Project, have reported a decrease in the past few days.
Similarly, the two states also improved with hospitalizations.
About a month ago, California reported 56 hospitalizations per 100,000 residents, while Florida has a rate of 35, the data shows.
The Golden State now records 24 hospitalizations per 100,000 people, while Florida reports about 22.
California currently leads the country in the total number of cases, but it has nearly twice the number of Florida residents.
When the cases are adjusted for the population, their score is about the same.
California reported about 8,822 cases per 100,000 people, while Florida had about 8,508 for the same population, the data show.