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Escambia has eight additional Covid deaths and positivity rate of over 19 percent

Rick Outzen December 22, 2020

The Florida Department of Health reported that the COVID deaths in Escambia County increased from 343 to 351 since Saturday. The positivity rate was 19.37% – the highest since August 7. The state rate for Dec. 21 was only 8.78%.

Maybe the county’s Mask Up campaign isn’t working.

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”