TAMPA, Fla. - As COVID-19 cases across Tampa Bay continue to rise in record jumps, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force is making a visit to Tampa.Vice President Mike Pence is meeting with Governor Ron DeSantis at USF Health's Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa to discuss what the state is doing to slow the spread of the virus.
They will speak to reporters following their meetings. The meeting comes on a day in which Florida reported its highest-ever single-day increase in COVID-19 cases -- over 10,000 new cases were noted Thursday.Pence was originally scheduled to be in Sarasota on Thursday, but the Sarasota County Republican Party announced it was postponed.