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COVID-19: Wednesday noon report

   April 29, 2020

Florida topped 33K COVID-19 cases and the death toll is over 1,200.  Escambia County had 11 new cases, approaching 500.

According to the FDOH dashboard, DOH Escambia entered 140 new test results in the past 24 hours. Of those results, 7.9% came back positive, which raised the overall positive percentage to 7.2%. This week the overall positive percentage has bounced between 7.0%-7.2%.

Escambia County is no longer sending any information of specimen collections so we can’t track outstanding tests. However, Dr. Lanza yesterday told the commissioners  the county had a about thousand test results outstanding.

FDOH did not release a county surveillance report on April 28. The report issued today only covers eight counties. The detailed long-term care facilities report has not been released for today. The promised “robust” reporting has fallen behind. Sigh.

The Jackson County Floridian published these tips from the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce on how businesses should prepare for re-opening:

  • Have a written reopening plan.
  • Gather the supplies to activate the plan.
  • Build a safety zone for your customers.
  • Practice social distancing – staff and customers.
  • Establish and maintain a cleaning routine.
  • Communicate what your doing – signage, social media, advertising.
4/28/20 4/28/20
11 a.m. 11 a.m. Increase
Total Cases 32846 33193 347 1.06%
Florida Residents 31986 32318 332 1.04%
Non-Fla. 860 875 15 1.74%
Deaths 1171 1218 47 4.01%
Escambia 485 496 11 2.27%
Okaloosa 152 153 1 0.66%
Santa Rosa 151 153 2 1.32%

 

Top 20 Florida Counties

Rank County Population Cases Per 30K
1 Dade     2,715,516 11927    131.77
2 Broward     1,924,229 4898      76.36
3 Palm Beach     1,446,277 2911      60.38
4 Orange     1,321,194 1371      31.13
5 Hillsborough     1,378,883 1105      24.04
6 Duval        924,229 1007      32.69
7 Lee        718,679 1003      41.87
8 Pinellas        957,875 718      22.49
9 Collier        363,922 581      47.89
10 Manatee        373,853 567      45.50
11 Escambia        311,522 496      47.77
12 Osceola        338,619 479      42.44
13 Polk        724,777 468      19.37
14 Volusia        527,634 448      25.47
15 Seminole        455,086 373      24.59
16 Sarasota        412,144 338      24.60
17 Clay        207,291 272      39.36
18 Brevard        601,942 270      13.46
19 Alachua        263,148 262      29.87
20 Pasco        510,593 241      14.16

 

Top Five Counties – Per Capita (min 240 cases)

Rank County Population Cases Per 30K
1 Dade     2,715,516 11927    131.77
2 Broward     1,924,229 4898      76.36
3 Palm Beach     1,446,277 2911      60.38
4 Collier        363,922 581      47.89
5 Escambia        311,522 496      47.77
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