Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says the sharp increase in new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks in Florida is due to more testing among low risk individuals and he has no plans to roll back reopening efforts. DeSantis said the negative effects of shutting down again would be worse than any gains. His statements have drawn criticism from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat, who said the Governor’ policies are not working, and he’s recklessly reopening Florida despite the data. The governor said the number of COVID-19 patients in hospital intensive care unit beds and on ventilators has gone down significantly over the last 60 days and that nobody in Florida under 18 has died of the disease. Florida now has had 15 straight days of an additional 1,000-plus daily cases, with more than 2,000 daily cases reported Saturday and Sunday.