Dade County has the most COVID-related deaths, 5314. However, Escambia County is ranked third in deaths per 1,000 population. Â Only three counties are above 1.90 per 1,000 – Marion 2.07, Dade 1.96 and Escambia 1.91. Â COVID is becoming the second highest case of death in Escambia, only behind cancer.
| Rank | County | Population | Deaths | Per 1K |
| 1 | Marion | Â Â Â Â Â Â 365,579 | 755 | Â Â Â Â 2.07 |
| 2 | Dade | Â Â Â 2,716,940 | 5314 | Â Â Â Â 1.96 |
| 3 | Escambia | Â Â Â Â Â Â 318,316 | 608 | Â Â Â Â 1.91 |
| 4 | Sarasota | Â Â Â Â Â Â 433,742 | 718 | Â Â Â Â 1.66 |
| 5 | Palm Beach | Â Â Â 1,496,770 | 2421 | Â Â Â Â 1.62 |
| 6 | Polk | Â Â Â Â Â Â 724,777 | 1108 | Â Â Â Â 1.53 |
| 7 | Pinellas | Â Â Â Â Â Â 974,966 | 1429 | Â Â Â Â 1.47 |
| 8 | Brevard | Â Â Â Â Â Â 601,942 | 728 | Â Â Â Â 1.21 |
| 9 | Broward | Â Â Â 1,952,778 | 2349 | Â Â Â Â 1.20 |
| 10 | Duval | Â Â Â Â Â Â 957,755 | 1109 | Â Â Â Â 1.16 |
| 11 | Volusia | Â Â Â Â Â Â 553,284 | 635 | Â Â Â Â 1.15 |
| 12 | Pasco | Â Â Â Â Â Â 553,947 | 631 | Â Â Â Â 1.14 |
| 13 | Lee | Â Â Â Â Â Â 770,577 | 865 | Â Â Â Â 1.12 |
| 14 | Hillsborough | Â Â Â 1,471,968 | 1455 | Â Â Â Â 0.99 |
| 15 | Orange | Â Â Â 1,393,452 | 1072 | Â Â Â Â 0.77 |
Well, imagine if the City of Pensacola actually enforced its mask ordnance. Perhaps the number might be lower which would be better. I see lots of cars in store parking lots with Santa Rosa County, Alabama and other state tags so the city is probably helping to spread COVID-19 even further than it would if ever store enforced its mask ordinance. On February 20, I was in the Walmart on Creighton Road for just 31 minutes and counted 32 people without masks. Had I stayed a whole hour as usual I might have topped the record the week before of 49 people without masks. Perhaps if the store manager was issued a city COVID-19 citation she might take this seriously. I was also in Joe Patti’s Seafood on February 13. The place was mobbed with people banging into each other. It was elbow-to-elbow. I didn’t count the number of people without masks but there were a lot. Two store employees were wearing masks under their chin not over their masks as they dealt with customers. There was an armed security guard or perhaps a deputy. He had no mask.