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Escambia COVID-19 Cases Increase By Eight On Thursday
May 28, 2020
The number of COVID-19 cases in Escambia County increased by eight on Thursday, according to the Florida Department of Health.
The number of cases in Escambia County is at 784, and Santa Rosa County is unchanged at 237.
Of the 29 deaths in Escambia County, 22 have been long-term care facility residents or staff. There have been eight deaths in Santa Rosa County, seven of those at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility and none in long-term care facilities.
Statewide, there were 53,285 cases including 51,918 Florida residents. There have been 9,795 hospitalizations and 2,364 deaths.
Individual location results below are from Wednesday. The Thursday numbers had not been released at the time of this story.
Escambia County cases:
- Total cases — 784 (+8 since Wednesday)
- Pensacola — 566
- Cantonment — 48
- Bellview — 6
- Perdido Key — 1
- McDavid/Walnut Hill — 1
- Molino – 6
- Century — 2
- Hospitalizations: 64*
- Deaths — 29
- Male — 264
- Female — 375
- Youngest — 0
- Oldest — 105
Santa Rosa County cases:
- Total cases — 237 (+0 Wednesday)
- Milton — 149
- Navarre — 38
- Gulf Breeze — 28
- Pace — 16
- Jay — 2
- Residents: 129
- Nonresidents — 1
- Hospitalizations — 23*
- Deaths — 9
- Male — 171
- Female — 63
- Youngest — 2 months
- Oldest — 94
Florida cases:
- Total cases — 53,285
- Florida residents — 51,918
- Deaths — 2,364
- Hospitalizations — 9,795*
*“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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8 Responses to “Escambia COVID-19 Cases Increase By Eight On Thursday”
REGARDING:
“This national lock down has killed more people than the virus.”
Possibly true. Please cite sources for the claim if possible.
It’s a strange way to figure it though. If the lockdown were absolute, the virus would not have killed anyone not already infected at the time of the lockdown.
As it is, 105,557 have died of it at most recent count. (There were 1,015 new deaths yesterday and over 23,000 new infections. Many of them will die.)
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Most of them were infected long after CDC recommended the lock-down/isolation. Infections and deaths could have been kept low, but CDC was ignored. Water under the bridge, though, can’t bring them back to life.
Infectious disease experts are not certain, but estimated had there been no lockdown at all, about 2,500,000 people would have died of the nearly 331,000,000 Americans.
So the real question — beyond the accuracy of the estimates — is how many have died because of the health measure versus the approximately 2.4 million more who would have died of the virus if we had ignored it altogether?
Was it more than that?
David for better people
REGARDING:
“Fear and panic paralyzes.”
Panic might. Fear does not always. For example, if one were afraid of a shut down economy, one might keep the economy in full operation to avoid it.
AND
“there are a lot more things to be cautious of than COVID19.”
Thereby proving the point. Fear is not the only thing to fear. It would be silly to think so.
David for honesty
Not silly. Fear and panic paralyzes. Go ahead be afraid if you want to but there are a lot more things to be cautious of than COVID19.
REGARDING:
“The only thing to fear is fear itself.”
It was silly when FDR said it, is no more sensible now.
Whether or not we fear, there are things to fear. Some fear the Chinese or the Mexicans or whoever is the latest boogey man, some fear serial killers and muggers and killer police, some fear their spouses and kin, some fear poverty, some fear long painful diseases, some fear being laughed at for being afraid.
David for recognizing the many dangers and facing them
The vaccine is being developed and education starts first at home. If your kids aren’t learning from parents while school is out, they probably won’t be very successful even when school returns. Learning takes a community.
Its a shame we have to play the guessing game as far as who in our community is affected. I pray that they are contact tracing each of them and that our governor stops manipulating the numbers to justify his rapid reopening.
The only thing to fear is fear itself. Never be normal again? That’s just sad. I’m and old guy maybe I will die but I don’t think it will be from COVID19 ya’ll are doing tremendous damage to the economy and emotional well being of our children. Kids are not getting schooled or vaccinated , people with ongoing health problems are not seeking care, domestic abuse is rampant, drug and alcohol use is way up. Suicides are up too. Here is a suggestion. Suck it up, open up the country. If you want to stay home fine, you do that. Just let the rest of us have our liberty and earn a living. This national lock down has killed more people than the virus.
I believe that if we did not open the beaches we would not have an increase of cases. Many people do not respect social distancing or wearing masks and these are the only things that are going to protect us at the moment.
Life is to short as it is and our young ones deserve a chance at a life. I realize we will never have a real sense of normal again, but this is a chance to start a new normal without fear.
I just ask others to be respectful and abide by social distancing and wearing masks along with hand washing or just carrying hand sanitizer with you makes a difference.
One of the most important things you can do to protect yourself and help others is to wear a mask or other face-covering in public,