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Escambia, Santa Rosa COVID-19 Cases Increase By Eight
May 17, 2020
THIS STORY IS OUTDATED. SEE NORTHESCAMBIA.COM FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties increased by eight on Sunday.
The number of cases in Escambia County increased by seven to 689, and Santa Rosa was up by one to 183.
Of the 20 deaths in Escambia County, 15 have been long-term care facility residents or staff. There have been eight deaths in Santa Rosa County, seven at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility and none in long-term care facilities.
Statewide, there were 45,588 cases including 44,369 Florida residents. There have been 8,230 hospitalizations and 1,973 deaths.
- Total cases — 689 (+7 since Saturday)
- Pensacola — 518
- Cantonment — 47
- Bellview — 6
- Perdido Key — 1
- McDavid/Walnut Hill — 1
- Molino – 4
- Century — 2
- Hospitalizations: 59*
- Deaths — 20
- Male — 246
- Female — 336
- Youngest — 0
- Oldest — 105
Santa Rosa County cases:
- Total cases — 183 (+0 since Saturday)
- Milton — 101
- Navarre — 35
- Gulf Breeze — 26
- Pace — 16
- Jay — 2
- Residents: 129
- Nonresidents — 1
- Hospitalizations — 23*
- Deaths — 9
- Male — 121
- Female — 60
- Youngest — 2 months
- Oldest — 94
Florida cases:
- Total cases — 45,588
- Florida residents — 44,369
- Deaths — 1,973
- Hospitalizations — 8,230*
*“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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7 Responses to “Escambia, Santa Rosa COVID-19 Cases Increase By Eight”
I am 71. If we had a system that vote president by popularity,Trump would NOT be in office. Trump does wear a mass or gloves because he talks out of his A**,in my opinion, and does NOT tell the true. Inject disinfectant spray.
Richard, the reason the country has never shut down in the past is due to having a strong leader who actually listened to experts and just didn’t play one on tv. Trump is the captain of the boat and as usual he’s run it aground.
In my 65 years we have had other pandemics that never we shut down the government nor quarantined healthy people. Sick people and people exposed were quarantined at home or hospital. High risk people should be responsible and protect ourselves and not the state. President Trump should fire Dr. Fauci.
@Sandra barrera
Seriously. Do you even follow what is going on or are you really that uninformed. If you had read the article, 75% of the deaths here are in long term facilities. That means, the staff did not follow protocol set out by the CDC. Period.
As testing increases, more will show positive. Doesn’t mean they are going to die. Do you stay home when it’s flu season or wear a face mask when you go out? This is a country of over 300M+ citizens. The small number of deaths is devastating to the families, but a small percentage comparably.
This country cannot survive remaining closed. If you are not comfortable going out, stay home. Move away from your television. Turn off the doom and gloom the media is portraying. Live your life.
Changing your political party is your choice. If you want the government to completely take over your life, go ahead and vote that way. After the behavior of the Dumocrat party has portrayed in the last 3+ years, they deserve to be voted out. Nothing but chaos. Nothing accomplished.
Sandra Barrera: What on earth are you talking about? everyone can now go to be tested – mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. . Stands to reason that a certain percentage of people are positive, but do not require medical care . What’s your solution – everybody crawl into a hole and wait to starve to death?
People should DEMAND answers ! – how many are currently hospitalized, age, Previous health status -? This whole scenario reminds me of Schubert’s song: Die Forelle. (Trout) . You can’t catch fish in clear water nor fool people if you give them precise honest information – you have to muddy both up – and boy, that’s what is being done big time right now . Every day something new to confuse the masses
Why don’t you move to New York?
The governor and president have no regard for human lives and are disrespectful of the dead and to try to us our children as pawns to open schools for glorified daycare for Trump’s reopen when kids are dying and getting sick with the new cases of inflamtory complications is the debased low of our life times to say it’s ok because it’s rare sure it is unless it’s your child I’m a registered republican in the state of FL for over35 years as for me I will not revote for them