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Escambia County by the COVID-19 numbers

   May 26, 2020

Maybe a better way to look at the spread of the coronavirus in Escambia County is to look at only Escambia County residents that have been tested – 629 positive cases of out of 15,721 test results, 4% rate.

Escambia County’s rate of hospitalizations and death are close to the state’s percentages. The county has 64 hospitalizations, which is 20% of all resident cases. The statewide average is 19% hospitalization.  Escambia County has 26 deaths, which is 4% of all resident cases.This rate matches the statewide percentage.

Escambia County is ranked 13th in the state in number of residents infected, and 7th on a per capita basis.

Top 15  Florida Counties –  Florida Residents Only

Rank County Population Cases Per 30K
1 Dade     2,715,516 16987    187.67
2 Broward     1,924,229 6635    103.44
3 Palm Beach     1,446,277 5337    110.70
4 Hillsborough     1,378,883 1911      41.58
5 Orange     1,321,194 1771      40.21
6 Lee        718,679 1705      71.17
7 Duval        924,229 1429      46.38
8 Collier        363,922 1231    101.48
9 Pinellas        957,875 1147      35.92
10 Manatee        373,853 983      78.88
11 Polk        724,777 880      36.42
12 Volusia        527,634 666      37.87
13 Escambia        311,522 629      60.57
14 Osceola        338,619 618      54.75
15 Sarasota        412,144 577      42.00

 

Top 15  Florida Counties per Capita-  Florida Residents Only (600 min. cases)

Rank County Population Cases Per 30K
1 Dade     2,715,516 16987    187.67
2 Palm Beach     1,446,277 5337    110.70
3 Broward     1,924,229 6635    103.44
4 Collier        363,922 1231    101.48
5 Manatee        373,853 983      78.88
6 Lee        718,679 1705      71.17
7 Escambia        311,522 629      60.57
8 Osceola        338,619 618      54.75
9 Duval        924,229 1429      46.38
10 Hillsborough     1,378,883 1911      41.58

Worse in the Florida Panhandle 

The county is by far the most infected county along the coastal counties in the Florida Panhandle- having more cases than Santa Rosa (206), Okaloosa (185), Walton  (94) and Bay (95) combined.

Escambia County also has had more deaths associated with long-term care facilities than those counties.

Furthermore, Escambia’s percentage of total cases related to LTCs is 40%. The statewide percentage is only 16%.

The only two counties north of Orange County (Orlando) that have more infected residents than Escambia are Duval (1,429) and Volusia (666).

Escambia has a higher per capita rate (60.57 per 30K) than Duval (46.38) and Volusia (37.87).

LTC Deaths
Escambia 19
Bay 0
Okaloosa 4
Santa Rosa 0
Walton 9
Total 13

Pensacola has more positive cases than the next 10 Panhandle communities.

Pensacola 563
Milton 123
Ft. Walton Beach 72
DeFuniak Springs 71
Panama City 64
Cantonment 48
Navarre 37
Destin 33
Crestview 29
Gulf Breeze 27
Niceville 24
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