Eleven of Escambia County’s 15 COVID-19 associated deaths are with long-term care facilities, according to the latest reports from FDOH. The health department hasn’t reported how many are staff members.
Since April 24, the county has had four COVID-19 deaths. Three of them were tied to LTCs.
This week’s Inweekly cover story is on the newspaper’s efforts to uncover COVID-19’s spread through our nursing homes. Read Nursing Homes: COVID-19 Hot Spots.
Also check out my Outtakes-Missing Voices.
Top 10 Florida Counties  –  Cases Per Capita (min. 500 cases)
| Rank | County | Population | Cases | Per 30K |
| 1 | Dade | Â Â Â 2,715,516 | 13371 | Â Â 147.72 |
| 2 | Broward | Â Â Â 1,924,229 | 5553 | Â Â Â Â 86.57 |
| 3 | Palm Beach | Â Â Â 1,446,277 | 3480 | Â Â Â Â 72.19 |
| 4 | Escambia | Â Â Â Â Â Â 311,522 | 604 | Â Â Â Â 58.17 |
| 5 | Manatee | Â Â Â Â Â Â 373,853 | 722 | Â Â Â Â 57.94 |
| 6 | Collier | Â Â Â Â Â Â 363,922 | 677 | Â Â Â Â 55.81 |
| 7 | Lee | Â Â Â Â Â Â 718,679 | 1176 | Â Â Â Â 49.09 |
| 8 | Osceola | Â Â Â Â Â Â 338,619 | 529 | Â Â Â Â 46.87 |
| 9 | Duval | Â Â Â Â Â Â 924,229 | 1077 | Â Â Â Â 34.96 |
| 10 | Orange | Â Â Â 1,321,194 | 1460 | Â Â Â Â 33.15 |