Florida Declares Public Health Emergency After 3 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed

A man wears a protective mask as he walks in front of the Ermenegildo Zegna store in Via Montenapoleone, the most important road of the fashion district in the city center where all the luxury brand are located on February 29, 2020 in Milan, Italy. Italy registered a surge in coronavirus cases in the last few days with infections remaining centered on outbreaks in two northern regions, Lombardy and Veneto. Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images

After several cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were confirmed in Florida on Sunday, prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a public health emergency in the state.

On Tuesday, in an update, officials confirmed a third COVID-19 case in Hillsborough County. The latest presumptive case is the sister of a previously confirmed case.  A spokeswoman for DeSantis wrote that his office has confirmed “a third presumptive COVID-19 case in Hillsborough; this individual resided with another who is confirmed as COVID-19.”