Rick's Blog

COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Per the DOH Dashboard – 11:30 a.m. March 31, Escambia went up 51 cases in the past 24 hours. The state is up 865 cases for a total of 6,338. Florida has had 14 deaths in the past 24 hours, total 77.

3/30/20 3/31/30
11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Increase
Total Cases 5473 6338 865 15.80%
Florida Residents 5276 6096 820 15.54%
Non-Fla. 197 242 45 22.84%
Deaths 63 77 14 22.22%
Escambia 37 88 51 137.84%
Okaloosa 31 38 7 22.58%
Santa Rosa 30 39 9 30.00%
Broward 1129 1209 80 7.09%

Escambia County is still on the Top 12 list. Of the dozen, only four don’t have stay-at-home or closure of non-essential businesses order – Escambia, Lee, Collier and Seminole. Collier County had a stay-at-home order on its March 27 agenda but decided to wait and follow Gov. DeSantis’ lead. Read Florida Politics for the list.

Rank County Population Cases Per 30K
1 Dade        2,715,516 1926           21.28 Safer-at-home
2 Broward           924,229 1209           39.24 Stay-at-home
3 Palm Beach        1,446,277 514           10.66 Non-essential
4 Orange        1,321,194 363             8.24 Stay-at-home
5 Hillsborough        1,378,883 291             6.33 Safer-at-home
6 Duval           924,229 198             6.43 Work-at-home
7 Lee           718,679 185             7.72
8 Pinellas           957,875 144             4.51 Safer-at-home
9 Collier           363,922 142           11.71
10 Osceola           338,619 107             9.48 Stay-at-home
11 Seminole           455,086 99             6.53
12 Escambia           311,522 88             8.47
Exit mobile version