Escambia County has 223 more COVID-19 deaths – the third 200+ day this week – and three more deaths – bringing death toll to 76. Florida surpasses 400K cases.
For July, Escambia has had 32 deaths. From March-May, the county only had 33 deaths.
Of the new cases, 215 were Florida residents; 17 connected to nursing homes – new total 522. Â The median age is 44 and positivity rate 12.7% for 1,674 test results.
Hospitalizations increased by 14 – total 320:
Thursday, July 16: 257 total hospitalizations
Thursday, July 9: 170 total hospitalizations
Thursday, July 2: 101 total hospitalizations
Thursday, June 25: 87 total hospitalizations
Among the new cases, 15 were the 5-14 age group, total 226  – an increase of 129 cases since July 10 – up 133%.  For the 0-4 age group, 4 new cases, total 73 - an increase of 37 cases  – doubling the July 10 YTD total of 36.
The county jail tested seven more inmates – maybe the females who wrote Inweekly yesterday – and the positivity rate for the 189 test results received is 71.4%. Â The jail have over 1,400 inmates on average – only about 14% have been tested.
| as of July 24 | 7/22/20 | 7/22/20 | Increase |
| Total Cases | Â Â Â Â Â Â 389,888 | Â Â 402,312 | Â Â Â 12,424 |
| Fla Residents | Â Â Â Â Â Â 385,091 | Â Â 397,470 | Â Â Â 12,379 |
| Non-Fla. | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4,777 | Â Â Â Â Â Â 4,842 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 65 |
| Deaths Per DOH | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5,518 | Â Â Â Â Â Â 5,653 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 135 |
| Escambia | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 6,461 | Â Â Â Â Â Â 6,684 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 223 |
| Okaloosa | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2,134 | Â Â Â Â Â Â 2,202 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 68 |
| Santa Rosa | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2,147 | Â Â Â Â Â Â 2,288 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 141 |