Escambia passes 10K COVID cases

Escambia County has passed the 10K milestone – 10,035 cases. It took four months for the county to reach 5,000 cases – only 28 days to double it.

Of the counties new cases – five were tied to nursing homes and three to the Century prison. FDOH reported 16 more hospitalizations (total 593) and four more deaths (141).

Within the influx of corrections and nursing home cases, the positivity rate dropped to 9.9%. However, testing is down considerably. Last week, we averaged 1,393 test results a day.  This week, only 935.

Also the county has yet to ramp up testing at the Escambia County jail.

 

as of Aug 13 8/11/20 8/12/20 Increase
Total Cases       550,901       557,137     6,236
Fla Residents       545,040       551,232     6,192
Deaths           8,765           8,913        148
Escambia           9,929         10,035        106
Fla Residents           9,034           9,129          95
Deaths              137              141            4
Hospitalizations              577              593          16
LTC              911              916            5
Corrections              835              838            3
Positivity 10.5% 9.9% -0.6%
Santa Rosa           4,053           4,088          35
Fla Residents           4,020           4,053          33
Deaths                41                44            3
Hospitalizations              198              202            4
LTC              198              202            4
Corrections              970              979            9
Positivity 10.7% 7.9% -2.8%