Escambia in dubious COVID company

Florida continues to approach 300K COVID cases with 12,624 today and 11.4% positivity.

Escambia County had 189 new cases – 179 Florida residents, five tied to nursing homes (2.8%), one in correctional, median age of 40 and positivity rate of 12.8% on 1,402 test results. The county had one more death.

FDOH has shaded the county the same color as other heavily infected counties such as Duval Dade, Broward and Orange – Escambia is the outlier in the Panhandle

 

New Orleans reports 67 new COVID cases – out of 1095 tests, 6.1% positivity. Who would have thought Escambia County would ever have more positive cases than New Orleans?

If the two-week incubation period holds, Escambia County should begin to see the Fourth of July infections in this week’s figures.

as of July 13 7/11/20 7/12/20 Increase
Total Cases        269,811    282,435  12,624
Fla Residents        266,119    278,667  12,548
Non-Fla.            3,692        3,768         76
Deaths Per DOH        4,277 35
Escambia            4,146        4,335       189
Okaloosa            1,285        1,385       100
Santa Rosa            1,331        1,379         48