According to the weekly reports on COVID testing among children, they had a positivity rate 19.2% on 458 test results for Aug. 1 through Aug. 7.
While testing has dropped each week, the positivity rate has climbed from 16.6% to 19.2%.
| Cases | Negative | Tested | Positivity | |
| 7/24/20 | 157 | 789 | 946 | 16.6% |
| 7/31/20 | 93 | 446 | 539 | 17.3% |
| 8/7/20 | 88 | 370 | 458 | 19.2% |
The rate for the adult population – including the first results from the Century state prison – was only 14.9% for the same period in August.
For the first 10 days of August, the new cases for ages 0-14  and the same as 75 and over  – 90 new cases.
The 15-34 age group has a third of the new cases – 606;  35-54:  672 (37%); and 55-74: 376 (20%)
| Escambia | |
| New Cases | |
| Cases | |
| 0-4 | 23 |
| 5-14 | 67 |
| 15-24 | 217 |
| 25-34 | 389 |
| 35-44 | 385 |
| 45-54 | 287 |
| 55-64 | 221 |
| 65-74 | 155 |
| 75-84 | 61 |
| 85+ | 29 |
| Unknown | 6 |
| 1840 |