Santa Rosa County has another COVID-19 death

Santa Rosa County had another COVID-19 related death and now matches Escambia’s total of 3.  Santa Rosa had 105 cases as of 6  p.m. Friday – a 219% increase in a week.

The Santa Rosa County Health Dept. attributes the increase in COVID-19 cases to more testing:  “As more individuals in Santa Rosa County are tested for COVID-19, the Florida Department of Health is seeing an increase in the number of cases throughout the county.”

Escambia County cases are moving up steadily as testing decreases – total 204 positive cases. The county now has 20 cases attributed to local long-term care facilities. Escambia is tied for seventh for counties with most cases in nursing homes.

Which ones? The county won’t report it, blaming the governor’s office.

The nursing homes didn’t respond to Inweekly emails asking them to voluntarily self-report their COVID-19 status. Instead, the newspaper learned the nursing home industry has requested criminal and civil immunity.

Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh believes classifying the SITREP – the EOC report that revealed to Inweekly the risk of cases in a local assisted living facility – was a “huge mistake.”  He has requested an online special meeting of the county commission to discuss it.

 

4/9/20 4/10/20
6 p.m. 6 p.m. Increase
Total Cases 16826 17968 1142 6.79%
Florida Residents 16323 17448 1125 6.89%
Non-Fla. 503 520 17 3.38%
Deaths 371 419 48 12.94%
Escambia 192 204 12 6.25%
Okaloosa 83 85 2 2.41%
Santa Rosa 96 105 9 9.38%
Broward 2480 2679 199 8.02%

Top 20 Counties 

Rank County Population Cases Per 30K
1 Dade     2,715,516 6300           69.60
2 Broward        924,229 2679           86.96
3 Palm Beach     1,446,277 1431           29.68
4 Orange     1,321,194 902           20.48
5 Hillsborough     1,378,883 676           14.71
6 Duval        924,229 618           20.06
7 Lee        718,679 572           23.88
8 Pinellas        957,875 431           13.50
9 Collier        363,922 327           26.96
10 Osceola        338,619 305           27.02
11 Polk        668,671 241           10.81
12 Seminole        455,086 238           15.69
13 Sarasota        412,144 211           15.36
14 Escambia        311,522 204           19.65
15 Manatee        373,853 200           16.05
16 Volusia        527,634 190           10.80
17 Alachua        263,148 167           19.04
18 St. Johns        235,503 165           21.02
19 Lake        335,362 149           13.33
20 St. Lucie        305,591 146           14.33

 


The Charts

Underhill Chart – Total cases by day


Overhill Chart – New cases each day


Testing

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