Posted in Escambia County, Health

Escambia has third COVID-19 death in past four days

   June 5, 2020

Escambia County has another COVID-19 death – third in four days, 36 year-to-date.  The death was a male, 90, who had been first diagnosed on May 16.

The increases in new cases took a breather with only five reported for Friday, June 5.

For the May 31-June 5, Escambia County residents comprise 67% of the 61 new cases, and only four of the 41 local cases were associated with nursing homes – 9.7%.

Two weeks ago, about half of the county’s positive cases were non-Florida residents.

Summary: The percentage of new cases has increased among general public of Escambia County, outside of nursing homes.

 

6/4/20 6/5/20 Increase
Total Cases 60183 61488 1305 2.17%
Florida Residents 58701 59993 1292 2.20%
Non-Fla. 1482 1495 13 0.88%
Deaths 2607 2660 53 2.03%
Escambia 866 871 5 0.58%
Okaloosa 241 250 9 3.73%
Santa Rosa 255 256 1 0.39%
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