More questions than answers: Gov. DeSantis remains silent on number of people tested for coronavirus Updated: 12:02 PM, Feb 28, 2020 By: Wendy Ryan and KJ Hiramoto As the world remains on edge in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Governor Ron DeSantis assured the public on Thursday not to worry. "There are still no cases of coronavirus in Florida," Gov. DeSantis said. However, Gov. DeSantis did not appear to be transparent about any real information regarding how many Floridians have been tested for the disease. "I don't think I'm allowed to go into the numbers," he said during Thursday's press conference. "I actually wanted to give all the numbers but they pointed me to the regulation and the statute that said you can't list all the numbers," Gov. DeSantis explained. ABC Action News looked into that statute and many lawmakers say the state is misinterpreting the law since there are exemptions that clearly state information should be made public only when necessary to the public's health. "It doesn't make any sense to me when the statute clearly says that if people could be at risk, then you should inform them. Essentially, that's the essence of it," said Congressman Charlie Crist. Crist also believes the state's lack of transparency seems to be more focused on protecting tourism than protecting the people of Florida. "It's troubling," he said. "If you're trying to protect an industry and you do so with a potentially lethal situation, how you do explain that? How do you justify that? Money over people? What's that about?"