Now Over 3,000 Tested For COVID-19 In Escambia County

April 1, 2020

Over 3,000 people have now been tested for COVID-19 in Escambia County.

As of the close of the business day Tuesday, Community Health, West Florida Hospital, Baptist Hospital and Sacred Heart Hospital had tested a total of 3,038 people. Of those, 327 tests were done in hospitals, and 2,711 were tested at drive-thru locations.

There were 39 tests performed Tuesday at the a new drive-thru testing site in Cantonment.

Sacred Heart has tested 2,276 people, and results are back on 2,218 (97.45%). Sacred Heart reported 2,104 negatives and 114 positives (5.1%) The positives are from:

  • Escambia County: 69
  • Santa Rosa County: 26
  • Okaloosa County: 6
  • Walton County: 2
  • Other Florida: 3
  • Alabama: 6
  • Other states: 2

There is a lag or discrepancy in the data between the local reports and the Florida Department of Health’s reports. Tuesday night, the FDOH reported only 919 tests have been performed in Escambia County.

There were 94 total cases reported by Tuesday night in Escambia County and 44 in Santa Rosa County.

Comments

2 Responses to “Now Over 3,000 Tested For COVID-19 In Escambia County”

  1. Debbie on April 1st, 2020 10:25 pm

    Dalmari … When ? They are saying when you are showing covid symptoms, fever , dry cough , body aches are some. But first you have to call to get screened by phone and then if you meet the signs they will tell you to go to the testing site. I guess you would go to the site closes to you. If you live on the north end there is a testing site in Cantonment on Tuesday – Thursday. There’s sites in Pensacola also.

  2. Dalmari Hefner on April 1st, 2020 10:04 pm

    I would like to know when you should go get a test done ? Where should I go to get it done ?

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