ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – More than 100 playgrounds throughout Orange County will reopen this weekend after closing nearly six months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Jerry Demings announced.
Extra cleaning and safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will be in place when 108 playgrounds reopen on Saturday.
For months, the fitness stations around Orlando parks have been roped off or covered in plastic to prevent people from using them.
No more than 10 children can be on the playground at any given time in Orange County and masks will be required at all recreation facilities throughout the county.
Demings said the decision to reopen the playgrounds, which have been closed since March, was made after the county has reported fewer COVID-19 cases in the last several weeks.