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COVID cases and positivity rates continue to climb

Rick Outzen November 23, 2020

For the third consecutive week, COVID-19 new cases reported trended higher in Escambia County, though the rate of increase has slowed. The biggest jump in Â Florida resident cases reported was from Nov. 1-7 to Nov. 8-14 –163 new cases,. The jump between the second and third weeks of November was 25.

October averaged 236 new cases for Florida residents in the county Â per week; September 239 and August 744.

For November, Escambia County has averaged 732 new cases reported each week. The positivity rate for November is 8.2%. Â The county’s positivity rate for October was 3.7%; September 3.9% and August 10.7%.

	Nov 1-7	Nov 8-14	Nov 15-21	Total
Total	604	784	808	2196
Florida	513	676	701	1890
Non-FL	91	108	107	306
Hospitalizations	22	39	38	99
Deaths	7	9	8	24
LTC	36	57	33	126

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”