The COVID-19 stats as of Wednesday, Nov. 18 have been published by the Florida Department of Health. Â Escambia County has the most new cases since Aug. 10– 130 local, 18 out-of-state for a total of 148.
Month to date, the county has new 1,619 Florida resident cases. For the month of October, Escambia only had 1,046 new cases; for September, 1,025. By Thanksgiving, the county likely will surpass the combined total for both months.
The positivity rate for Sept-Oct was 3.8%. The November rate is 8.4%.
Fortunately, our deaths are up but not the rate of Sept. or Oct.
| 17-Nov | 18-Nov | ||
| Total | 15436 | 15584 | 148 |
| Florida | 13802 | 13932 | 130 |
| Non-FL | 1634 | 1652 | 18 |
| Hosp. | 990 | 998 | 8 |
| Deaths | 290 | 293 | 3 |
| LTC | 1281 | 1286 | 5 |
| Correction | 912 | 912 | 0 |