Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a news briefing at noon on Tuesday to address the states rapidly increasing coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Florida has been experiencing one of the most significant spikes in COVID-19 cases in the country over the last few weeks. Florida reported a weekly increase of nearly 76,000 COVID-19 cases between July 6-13. In comparison, the state of Michigan is reporting a total of 74,152 COVID-19 cases as of July 20. The state of Florida reported the countrys highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases on July 12, recording 15,299 new cases in one day.