Long-Term Care Resident Is Escambia County’s 11th Total COVID-19 Death; State Deaths Surpass 1,000

April 24, 2020

Another death was reported in Escambia County from COVID-19 Friday as the number of statewide deaths surpassed 1,000.

Escambia County’s  eleventh death was a 75 year old female long-term care resident with no travel history and no known contact with a confirmed case.  The number of cases in residents or staff of long-term care facilities stands at 145 in Escambia County with eight deaths, and 10 in Santa Rosa County.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties increased by just nine on Friday. Escambia County cases were at 434, and Santa Rosa was at 143.

Statewide, there were 30,533  cases including 29,707 Florida residents. There have been 4,817 hospitalizations and 1,046 deaths.

  • Total cases — 434 (+7 since Thursday)
  • Long-term care cases — 143 (+0 since Thursday)
  • Pensacola — 329
  • Cantonment — 36
  • Bellview — 6
  • Perdido Key — 1
  • McDavid/Walnut Hill — 1
  • Molino – 1
  • Century — 2
  • Hospitalizations:  37*
  • Deaths — 11
  • Male — 173
  • Female — 211
  • Youngest — 0
  • Oldest — 100

Santa Rosa County cases:

  • Total cases — 143 (+2 since Thursday)
  • Long-term care cases — 10 (+0 since Thursday)
  • Milton — 76
  • Navarre — 30
  • Gulf Breeze — 23
  • Pace — 11
  • Jay — 2
  • Residents: 129
  • Nonresidents — 1
  • Hospitalizations — 20*
  • Deaths — 6
  • Male — 99
  • Female — 43
  • Youngest — 2 months
  • Oldest — 94

Florida cases:

  • Total cases — 30,533
  • Florida residents — 29,707
  • Deaths — 1,046
  • Hospitalizations — 4,817*

*“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.

Comments

4 Responses to “Long-Term Care Resident Is Escambia County’s 11th Total COVID-19 Death; State Deaths Surpass 1,000”

  1. Howard Ard on April 25th, 2020 11:04 am

    Going forward, I plan to continue the frequent hand washing and other personal hygiene practices to protect myself from the common flu that ravages our country each year. The coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 50,000 in the U.S. so far this year. But keep in mind that the common flu is also very deadly! According to the CDC, the flu caused the death of 61,000 people in the U.S. during the 2017-2018 flu season. So protect yourselves folks! We’ve learned some valuable lessons during this pandemic that could potentially help us decrease the number of deaths we suffer each year from the flu and other respiratory infections.

  2. William Reynolds on April 24th, 2020 6:24 pm

    The Florida Department of Health does not report recovered cases because they don’t have an official definition of recovered.

    Here’s a story we ran last week:

    How Many People Have Recovered From COVID-19 In Florida? Officially, Zero.

    http://www.northescambia.com/2020/04/how-many-people-have-recovered-from-covid-19-in-florida-officially-zero

  3. Jennifer on April 24th, 2020 6:07 pm

    When will they start reporting active cases vs. recovered cases? I noticed they just keep adding to the total number of cases that have been counted for a month now. Wouldn’t it be reasonable to assume that almost half of them have recovered by now?

  4. Annie on April 24th, 2020 2:40 pm

    Some nursing home staff say they will not report symptoms because they won’t get a paycheck when they have to go on quarantine. Do you know how true that is?

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