There were 11 new deaths from COVID-19 in Escambia County and two reported in Santa Rosa County Tuesday by the Florida Department of Health.
The dead of Escambia County were females aged 59, 66, 76, 82, 85, 86, and 92, and males aged 66, 70, 73, and 87. Five were residents of longer-term care facilities. Santa Rosa County reported the deaths of men aged 76 and 86, one of whom was a resident for long-term care.
The cases of Escambia County increased 175 to 9807. An additional 50 cases brought the Santa Rosa County in total to 4,013.
Of the 795 test results returned to Escambia County on Monday, 17.4% were positive, and 18.7% were positive out of 252 tests in Santa Rosa County. Over the past week, the overall average positivity rate for Escambia County has been 16.3% (increased by a large number of inmates in the Century).
There have been 196 COVID-19 patients at the current hospital in Escambia County since Tuesday, according to data from the three local hospitals.
Of the 131 deaths in Escambia County, 71 residents have been staffed for long-term care facilities. There have been 40 deaths in Santa Rosa County, at least seven of those in the Blackwater River correctional facility and eight in long-term care facilities.
Statewide, there were 542,792 cases including 536,981 Florida residents. There were 31,354 hospitalizations * and 8,553 deaths. The Florida Department of Health has no clear standard as a definition of “recovered” and does not report any number of recovered persons.
Falls of Escambia County:
Total cases – 9,807 (+175 since Monday)
Non-Florida Residents – 893
Pensacola —7.123 (+81)
Century – 852 (+77)
—- including at least 753 Century imprisonment
Cantonation – 678 (+10)
Molino— 109 (+3)
McDavid – 51 (+1)
Walnut Hill – 13
Bellview – 10
Gonzalez – 7
Lost Key – 5
Current hospitalizations: 196 (+9)
Died – 131 (+11)
Male – 4,217
Female – 4,412
Youngest – 0
Oldest – 105
Median Age – 38
Falls of Santa Rosa County:
Total cases – 4,013 (+50 since Monday)
Non-Florida Residents – 31
Milton – 2,229 (+27)
Golf Breeze – 585 (+9)
Navarre – 478 (+5)
Tempo – 307 (+2)
Jay – 103 (+3)
Baghdad – 9
Cumulative hospitalizations – 193 *
Died – 40 (+2)
Male – 2,258
Female – 1,660
Youngest – 2 months
Elder – 101
Median Age – 39
Florida cases:
Total cases – 542,792
Inhabitants of Florida – 536,981
Deaths – 8,553
Hospitalizations – 31,354 *
* “Hospitalizations” in statewide and Santa Rosa County are a total of a number of all laboratory-confirmed cases in which an outpatient hospital occurred at any time in the course of illness. These people may no longer be hospitalized. This number does not represent the number of COVID-19 positive people currently in hospital. The FDOH does not provide a count of patients who are currently hospitalized. The number of Escambia County is current data collected daily from local hospitals.
** Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, local hospitals.
