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Escambia COVID cases continue to rise

 

The Florida Department of Health reports that Escambia County as 119 new cases, topping yesterday’s 110.  The county has 14 more cases associated with nursing homes.  The positivity rate for Wednesday, Nov. 5 was 4.87% for 1,847 test results.

For the first four days of November, Escambia has had 271 new cases.    For Oct. 1-10, the county only had 204, but the positives have increased every 10-day period since:  Oct. 11-20: 323 and Oct. 21-30: 472.

People trying to take advantage of the much-touted rapid testing at Ascension Sacred Heart today were told they would have to wait three days for results because the system has gotten overloaded.

3-Nov 4-Nov
Total 13914 14033 119
Florida 12494 12585 91
Non-FL 1420 1448 28
Hosp. 920 924 4
Deaths 273 273 0
LTC 1189 1203 14
Corrections 909 909 0
Rate 8.51 4.87 -3.64

 

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