Nearly One-Third Of Children Tested In Florida Have COVID-19. DeSantis Wants Them All Back In School

Of all the children in Florida who have been tested for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, nearly one-third of them have tested positive.

The data from the state’s Department of Health comes amid highly charged debate over whether schools will reopen this fall.

HuffPost reports that of the 54,022 people under the age of 18 who have been tested for COVID-19, 16,797 of them, or roughly 31%, have tested positive.