The state of Florida could cease releasing the number of confirmed coronavirus cases to the public despite the ongoing pandemic, making it one of only four states that don't publicly report case numbers.
Although Florida maintains a website that is updated every day with the latest information on positive cases, deaths, and hospitalizations from the coronavirus, the governor is considering ending the practice.
"There are discussions ongoing as to when the best time to scale back the report frequency. The reasoning behind it is because it requires 24 hour staffing. Information won’t change and quality of the data will remain paramount," said Cody McCloud, press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in an email to NewsNation Now on Tuesday.
If Florida does stop releasing case numbers, it would join Kansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico as one of the only states in the country to withhold that information from the public.
Northwestern University epidemiologist Dr. Sadiya Khan told NewsNation that "it is really important for all of us to have a sense of what the numbers look like and what is happening. You don’t want just your health officials, or governor, or doctors to have that information. You want everyone to have access to that information."
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