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Fifth COVID-19 Death In Santa Rosa County; Escambia And Santa Rosa Cases Up 19 Thursday
April 16, 2020
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A fifth person has died from COVID-19 in Santa Rosa County, as the number of COVID-19 cases increased by 19 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties on Thursday, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Santa Rosa County’s fifth death was a 65-year old male with no travel history and unknown contact with a known case. Escambia County has seen four deaths.
There are now 277 total COVID cases in Escambia County and 118 in Santa Rosa County.
The number of Escambia County cases in residents or staff of long-term care facilities increased by three on Wednesday to a total of 52.
Statewide, there were 23,340 cases including 22,674 Florida residents. There have been 3,458 hospitalizations and 668 deaths.
Escambia County cases:
- Total cases — 277 (+16 since Wednesday)
- Long-term care cases — 52 (+3 since Wednesday)
- Pensacola — 213
- Cantonment — 32
- Bellview — 6
- Perdido Key — 1
- McDavid/Walnut Hill — 2
- Molino – 1
- Century — 1
- Residents: 228
- Nonresidents — 19
- Hospitalizations: 24*
- Deaths — 4
- Male — 115
- Female — 129
- Youngest — 2
- Oldest — 95
Santa Rosa County cases:
- Total cases — 118 (+3 since Wednesday)
- Long-term care cases — 1
- Milton — 63
- Navarre — 29
- Gulf Breeze — 16
- Pace — 9
- Jay — 1 (FDOH reclassified a second patients as not being from Jay)
- Residents: 105
- Nonresidents — 0
- Hospitalizations — 16*
- Deaths — 5
- Male — 82
- Female — 36
- Youngest — 2 months
- Oldest — 89
Florida cases:
- Total cases — 23,340
- Florida residents — 22,674
- Deaths — 668
- Hospitalizations — 3,458*
*“Hospitalizations” is a count of all laboratory confirmed cases in which an inpatient hospitalization occurred at any time during the course of illness. These people may no longer be hospitalized. This number does not represent the number of COVID-19 positive persons currently hospitalized. The FDOH does not provide a count of patients currently hospitalized.
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