ORLANDO, Fla. – More than 200,000 Orange County students began the fall semester virtually Monday in Central Florida’s largest school district as the Florida Department of Health continues to confirm thousands of coronavirus cases.Since March, 39,375 children in Florida have tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in seven juvenile deaths, according to the DOH pediatric virus report.
Of those positive cases, more than 1,900 were reported in Orange County.In less than two weeks, about 37% of the school district’s students will return to campuses for face-to-face learning.The surrounding nine school districts begin the 2020-2021 school in the next two weeks with virtual or in-person options.Across the state, 4,155 new positive cases were.