Escambia COVID positive rate dips below 5%

FDOH reports Escambia County’s positivity rate has dipped below 5% for the first time since  June– reporting 36 cases out for 725 test results, 4.97%, for Sunday, Aug. 23.

Since Aug. 10, the county has had only two days with  over a hundred or more new COVID cases – Aug. 11: 109 cases and Aug. 19: 100 new cases.

No deaths were reported for the third consecutive day.

as of Aug 24 8/22/20 8/23/20 Increase
Total Cases       600,571       602,829     2,258
Fla Residents       594,287       596,511     2,224
Deaths         10,325         10,397          72
Escambia         10,790         10,832          42
Fla Residents           9,829           9,865          36
Deaths              171              171           –
Hospitalizations              697              699            2
LTC           1,009           1,011            2
Corrections              861              862            1
Positivity 5.40% 4.97% -0.4%
Santa Rosa           4,443           4,462          19
Fla Residents           4,404           4,423          19
Deaths                54                54           –
Hospitalizations              245              245           –
LTC              245              245           –
Corrections           1,015           1,015           –
Positivity 9.4% 7.3% -2.1%
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