The city of Pensacola has shared that our local hospitals report 114 COVID patients as of July 4. Â Two weeks ago the total was in the teens, according to city officials.
Ascension Sacred Heart: 46
Baptist & Gulf Breeze Hospital: 18
West Florida & Santa Rosa Medical: 50
Total: 114
770 new cases is 0.2% of the county population. Everyone knew there would be an increase in cases when we re-opened from the shutdown. Also, based on the generaly agreed upon statistic that approximately 80% of those testing positive are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, there’s no need for community wide panic. Businesses are shutting down because one of their employees tested positive. I wonder if they will do that in the future for the seasonal flu or other common communicable diseases? Not a very good business model
I don’t think anyone would call 770 new cases in five days (54% jump) “any†uptick. Hospitalizations lag behind new cases. Hospital leaders are concerned and have supported city’s mandatory face mask order.
Any uptick can be called a spike. It’s still a minimal portion of the community. Also, the hospitals have been saying they have plenty of capacity and are encouraging non-virus patients to utilize their services.
City of Houston,Texas is 0.03%
City of Los Angeles about .04%
Miami-Dade County about 0.044%
Three areas dealing with COVID spikes. Escambia is in dubious company.
So, .03% of the Escambia County population is hospitalized because of the virus.
Dear Rick, it seems strange that Gulf Breeze and Baptist combined are reporting roughly a third of the covid patients as either Sacred Heart or West Florida. Why aren’t they seeing the same numbers? Demographics, specialties, etc.?