The Florida Department of Health reports that Escambia County as 119 new cases, topping yesterday’s 110. Â The county has 14 more cases associated with nursing homes. Â 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. Â Â For Oct. 1-10, the county only had 204, but the positives have increased every 10-day period since: Â 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 |