Two More COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Escambia County

April 17, 2020

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Two additional COVID-19 deaths in Escambia County were reported on Friday for a total of six, along with one death in Santa Rosa County, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The Escambia County deaths were a 73-year old female with history of travel to Egypt and unknown contact with a previous case, and a 95-year old male with contact with a known case and no travel history. Santa Rosa County’s sixth death was a 66-year old male with no travel history that had contact with a previously diagnosed case.

There are now 290 total COVID cases in Escambia County, up by 13 since Thursday. Santa Rosa County’s total was up 17 to 130.

The number of Escambia County cases in residents or staff of long-term care facilities increased by four Friday to a total of 56.

Statewide, there were 24,753 cases including 24,066 Florida residents. There have been 3,649 hospitalizations and 726 deaths.

Escambia County cases:

  • Total cases — 290 (+13 since Thursday)
  • Long-term care cases — 56 (+4 since Thursday)
  • Pensacola — 224
  • Cantonment — 32
  • Bellview — 6
  • Perdido Key — 1
  • McDavid/Walnut Hill — 1
  • Molino – 1
  • Century — 1
  • Residents: 263
  • Nonresidents — 19
  • Hospitalizations:  27*
  • Deaths — 6
  • Male — 125
  • Female — 144
  • Youngest — 2
  • Oldest — 95

Santa Rosa County cases:

  • Total cases — 130 (+12 since Thursday)
  • Long-term care cases — 1
  • Milton — 69
  • Navarre — 29
  • Gulf Breeze — 22
  • Pace — 9
  • Jay — 1
  • Residents: 129
  • Nonresidents — 0
  • Hospitalizations — 16*
  • Deaths — 6
  • Male — 88
  • Female — 42
  • Youngest — 2 months
  • Oldest — 94

Florida cases:

  • Total cases — 24,753
  • Florida residents — 24,066
  • Deaths — 726
  • Hospitalizations — 3,649*

*“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

8 Responses to “Two More COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Escambia County”

  1. A momma on April 18th, 2020 6:32 am

    Citizen, yes I’m sure you’ve seen families in Food Giant they too have to buy groceries. Some kids can’t be left at home or in the car. I’m just assuming here, if they left the kids at home & you found out you’d probably be the first to report them or talk pretty ugly about them for leaving the kids home or in the hot car. If you don’t want to see kids in the store don’t look at them at least maybe the adults were taking care of their own children and the kids wasn’t pawned off on someone. What’s the parents suppose to feed them? Grass? If you saw them perhaps they saw you. Groceries are essential.

  2. Citizen on April 17th, 2020 3:32 pm

    Thanks yes, actually after I wrote that I found how to look it up by zip and it has “<5"

  3. William Reynolds on April 17th, 2020 3:12 pm

    >>The tri city ledger reports Century zip code has five cases.

    That is an inaccurate report.

  4. Citizen on April 17th, 2020 3:11 pm

    The tri city ledger reports Century zip code has five cases.

    People are bringing kids into the Food Giant with entire families shopping.

    People were running the roads ignoring the stay at home order.

    Ignorance must be bliss.

  5. William Reynolds on April 17th, 2020 12:03 pm

    >>The count for Mcdavid/Walnut hill has been 2 lately, now it’s back to 1. Is this a typo?

    Not a typo. The Florida Department of Health reclassifies patients sometimes. We’ve seen the same thing with Jay going from 2 to 1. We don’t know why.

    We notice it on the small locations that have a few cases, but like with Pensacola going up half a dozen or more, we don’t know if they subtracted one while adding several.

  6. William Reynolds on April 17th, 2020 11:59 am

    >He was one of the 4 deaths from Blackwater River Correctional Facility.
    So outside of the prison, Santa Rosa has 2 death

    That’s a really good assumption, and is likely right. But it’s not a fact that any state agency will confirm yet. FDC would not even confirm any deaths until called out in stories on NorthEscambia and other media.

  7. Milton on April 17th, 2020 11:44 am

    The 66 year old, Jessie Bannerman died on April 16th as a hospital inpatient.
    He had no travel history because he has been incarcerated since 1984! (3 strikes = life sentence) He was one of the 4 deaths from Blackwater River Correctional Facility.
    So outside of the prison, Santa Rosa has 2 deaths.

  8. Curious on April 17th, 2020 11:39 am

    The count for Mcdavid/Walnut hill has been 2 lately, now it’s back to 1. Is this a typo?

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