Differences emerge in how people in different parts of Florida view actions the state should take.

A majority of the Democrats in Florida’s congressional delegation urged Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday to issue a stayat-home order to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

But there were some notable holdouts, which illustrates some geographical differences in how people in different parts of Florida view actions the state should take.

The congressional Democrats’ letter was circulated to his colleagues by U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, a Democrat who represents South Florida, the earliest, most hard-hit part of the state.

The Tuesday evening update from the Florida Department of Health shows more than half the state’s cases are in South Florida: Miami-Dade County accounts for 25%, Broward 21%, and 7% in Palm Beach County.

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, who represents Palm Beach County and signed the congressional letter to DeSantis, said Tuesday the official tally of cases in her county is artificially low because so little testing has been available there.

Deutch, Frankel and their fellow South Florida Democrats — Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represent all or parts of Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties — have been calling for the Republican governor to issue a state-at-home order for days.

The 10 congressional supporters also include Democrats from Central Florida. (Orange County is in the state’s second tier of counties with coronavirus cases.)

Three Democratic members of Congress declined to sign the letter calling for a stay-at-home order: U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor and Charlie Crist, who represent the Tampa Bay region, and U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, whose district runs along the state’s northern border, from Jacksonville to Tallahassee.

Tampa Bay’s Hillsborough and Pinellas counties together have 9.5% of the state’s cases. And the eight counties that lie entirely or partially in Lawson’s district have 4% of the state’s cases.

There’s an obvious political split as well.

In a statement on Wednesday, presidential candidate Joe Biden cited Democratic governors who are ” stepping up during this time of crisis to fill the void and protect our most vulnerable. Floridians deserve science-based action from Governor Ron DeSantis.

The public calls for a stay-at-home order from the Republican governor are coming from Democrats.

And since Monday, six of the 17 Democrats in the Florida Senate have also said they want DeSantis to issue stay-at home orders. Three are from South Florida, one is from Orange and Osceola counties, one from Hillsborough and one from Duval.

State Rep. Chip LaMarca, the only Republican in the state Legislature who lives in Broward, said Tuesday he thinks DeSantis has struck the right balance.

Like DeSantis, LaMarca pointed to “both the health and economic issues” given that many counties still don’t have any cases. “I think it’s important that he looks at it day by day.”