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Escambia County returning to August’s high COVID levels

   November 13, 2020

As of Wednesday, Oct. 11, Escambia County has had 414 new COVID-19 cases, five  deaths, and 26 hospitalizations. for the week. Last for the period of Sunday-Wednesday, the county only had 271 ,  two deaths and 11 hospitalizations. Our cases are up 53%, deaths 150% and hospitalizations 136%.

The last week of October – all seven days – only had 321 new cases. The last time the county had a higher four-day period for new cases was Aug 9-12 – three months ago.

The county update offers no information on the reasons for the increases or steps being taken by county officials to stem the outbreak. The update is only a recitation of the statistics – with the new daily numbers plugged in .

 

7-Nov 11-Oct
Total 14334 14748 414
Florida 12843 13197 354
Non-FL 1491 1551 60
Hosp. 931 957 26
Deaths 279 284 5
LTC 1217 1243 26
Correct 911 911 0
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