all coming from one state, florida. but as some school districts are considering new mask mandates, the state s republican governor is saying not so fast. cnn s rosa flores is live for us in lauderdale. rosa, explain what s happening there in broward county. reporter: i talked to the mayor and he says that the cases are going up, so are the hospitalizations. one of his biggest worries is that the people who are being hospitalized are younger and younger, in their 20s and 30s and even children. and when you look at the positivity rate of children here in florida, children between 12 and 19 have a positivity rate of 22%. recently broward county public schools passed a mask mandate on friday. it s important to note that it does not ban mask mandates. what it does do is it directs the florida department of health and the florida department of education to draft emergency rules that will give the choice to parents.
mandatory curfews throughout the state. what are you doing to guard against looting? well, we haven t had any of that thank goodness so far. the governor has been great. all of our sheriffs have been great. the federal government, i can t thank up trump enough. epa director scott pruitt has been great neil: what about the looting? it s more the issue after the storm. yeah. the national guard is in place. they re ready to go. we re going to receive federal help as well as needed. citizens are listening. if you re in miami, in lauderdale, in the keys, get out of there. naples, get out of there. even if you re in tampa, an evacuation area, leave. get out of there. your reporter said it may take you longer but it s worth it.