Florida governor thinks coronavirus circulated during Super Bowl week

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis believes COVID-19 was circulating in the state during this year's Super Bowl.

"The fact of the matter is, as we got into February, this thing was circulating. I think it was circulating during the Super Bowl," DeSantis said Tuesday during a news conference, via Local 10 News. "And so you've been able to get more testing in Miami, you've been able to identify cases."

Super Bowl LIV was held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Feb. 2, about a month before DeSantis announced the first two coronavirus cases in the state. More than 200,000 people visited South Florida during Super Bowl week.

As of Thursday, there are 8,010 known cases of COVID-19 in Florida.