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Two More Local COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Escambia, Santa Rosa; Escambia Cases Up By 26
May 1, 2020
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Two more people in the Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have died from COVID-19, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Escambia County cases were up 26 on Friday to 532 with one additional death, an 82-year old female, for a total of 12. Santa Rosa was up four to 158 cases and one additional death, a 64-year old male, for a total of eight.
While the FDOH has not confirmed, the sudden uptick in Escambia County cases is believed to be related to the surge in local nursing home testing.
Statewide, there were 34,728 cases including 33,829 Florida residents. There have been 5,767 hospitalizations and 1,314 deaths.
- Total cases — 532 (+26 since Thursday)
- Pensacola — 402
- Cantonment — 40
- Bellview — 6
- Perdido Key — 1
- McDavid/Walnut Hill — 1
- Molino – 4
- Century — 2
- Hospitalizations: 43*
- Deaths — 12
- Male — 201
- Female — 256
- Youngest — 0
- Oldest — 105
Santa Rosa County cases:
- Total cases — 158 (+4 since Thursday)
- Milton — 84
- Navarre — 32
- Gulf Breeze — 24
- Pace — 15
- Jay — 2
- Residents: 129
- Nonresidents — 1
- Hospitalizations — 22*
- Deaths — 8
- Male — 105
- Female — 52
- Youngest — 2 months
- Oldest — 94
Florida cases:
- Total cases — 34,728
- Florida residents — 33,829
- Deaths — 1.314
- Hospitalizations — 5,767*
*“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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14 Responses to “Two More Local COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Escambia, Santa Rosa; Escambia Cases Up By 26”
Covid-19 has already killed ten times as many Floridians as every hurricane since 2000. We haven’t flattened the curve or spiked yet. If you understand exponential growth you will see that the number of deaths locally will likely be over 1000 by the end of summer without strict quarantined. It’s not a matter of just stay home if you’re scared. Contagions don’t work that way. That’s why our nursing homes are exploding with new cases. Pray on it. Is it not a sin to have so little regard for the most vulnerable members of our community?
Your stay in your six foot bubble(friends, spouse, girl are boy friends)and if your in a group make sure it’s no more than ten please just to keep the peace, use a hanky when you cough our sneeze(this all means thinking of others before you think of yourself),and simply wash your hands ,its called “KISS” keep it simple sweetheart, have a great weekend
Look you do you and I’ll do me,we all need to act like there’s a six foot babble around us okay, this also means if you and your spouse (friends,girl,boy)are your in a group use the six foot babble theory period. Now if you don’t want to use a mask keep something handy to cough in this to should have changed years ago,but instead of covering are faces when I was growing up, now people just cough and sneeze anywhere without thinking of anyone else STOP THAT, so in conclusion you stay out of my space and I’ll stay out of yours
Common sense What number of deaths are you comfortable with before the government gets involved?
Richard Those testing sites you mentioned were open to anyone wanting to get a test. I gave friend a ride to Attucks Court to get a test and there were plenty of folks getting tested that didn’t live there. I’m ftom Cantonment and they had over 300 at that testing site.
Brianh64 If you’re implying that if something isn’t in the constitution you don’t have to do it you would be wrong.
The Supreme Court has had little to say about state power to override people’s liberty during epidemics. The most helpful case is from back in 1905 during the smallpox epidemic, Jacobson v. Massachusetts. In that case, a pastor argued that a mandatory smallpox vaccination violated his constitutional rights. The Supreme Court sided with Massachusetts but framed its decision carefully.
The Court acknowledged that “the liberty secured by the Fourteenth Amendment . . . consists, in part, in the right of a person ‘to live and work where he will.’” But it added: “in every well-ordered society . . . the rights of the individual in respect of his liberty may at times, under the pressure of great dangers, be subjected to such restraint, to be enforced by reasonable regulations, as the safety of the general public may demand.”
Century living please let me know where in our Constitution is it ok for the government to tell people they can not work and can not gather. I will wait.
So happy more people are paying attention to the actual numbers. With 12 deaths out of 532 cases (people with positive results) that makes the mortality rate for Escambia county .022 %. Hardly a number that should require a shutdown of our society. Do your research people, the response to this virus at first was appropriate because it was new on the scene, however now that testing has ramped up nation wide, the mortality rate has been proven to be equal to or less than even seasonal flu. P.S. wearing a mask around all day actually causes your body stress with the lowered amount of oxygen intake which in turns lowers your immune system.
Let’s all remember there are roughly 320,000 people residing in Escambia County and as of now we have 536 positive cases, that’s about .025% of our population. I know people are going to say well there are asymptomatic people who may have it and not know. The amount of testing we are doing would show that and it’s not, only 7.1% of those tested are positive out of almost 7,000 test.
Like I have said many times. …PROTECT THE VULNERABLE and let’s open up. Yes some will contract in but will recover and build up immunities, therefore the virus will die off and in the mean time will get a vaccine so we don’t have to shutdown the economy. Let’s shutdown China’s economy for inventing this pandemic. BUY AMERICAN…BRING BACK MANUFACTURING. …BE SELF SUFFICIENT. ..POLICE OUR BORDERS LIKE CANADIANS and other countries do.
Can I please just put a reminder out? NO ONE IS MAKING YOU LEAVE YOUR HOME. If you don’t agree or feel comfortable going in public, don’t do it. You have every right to continue social distancing. If someone wants to go out and take the risk that is their right to do so. You all want “freedom” but the more you allow the government to tell you when and who can leave home the more likely you will lose those freedoms.
I believe that the up tick in the number of cases reported is because for the last week there has been testing in Morris court, attucks courts and Gonzales courts. And the numbers will continue to increase because of this testing of public housing.
I left home today for my 5th time since Coronavirus lockdown.
I have my mask, gloves, hand sanitizer and Lysol.
I noticed hardly anyone in the public using precautions. Even
at the creeks they’re getting together. I don’t understand why.
I think maybe our community needs reminding the Coronavirus is
Still with us. I think maybe some pictures of people out might help.
Do they think all the workers in the store are wearing mask for the fun
of it. I would hate for the world to have a relapse and this go on for
another 6 months, and be even worse.
People are still contracting and dying from the virus but we are opening places that condone social gathering. Everything they are doing is looking more and more like they are trying to cull the herd. The bad part is people are too stupid to see it.