Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced that some beaches and parks could re-open.<br />According to Business Insider, hundreds of locals flooded the sand in North Florida minutes later.<br />DeSantis made the announcement less than three weeks into his statewide stay-home order.<br />The governor urged residents to limit their beach activity to exercise and to maintain social distances of six feet.<br />But many beachgoers in Jacksonville appeared to pay no attention to his exhortations whatsoever.<br />The rush came on the same day that Florida saw 1,400 new coronavirus infections, which was the largest single-day increase yet.<br />As of Friday, Florida had reported over 24,000 cases of the virus and nearly 700 deaths.
