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10 New COVID-19 Deaths In Escambia County; One In Santa Rosa
July 23, 2020
THIS STORY IS OUTDATED. SEE NORTHESCAMBIA.COM FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Ten COVID-19 deaths were reported Thursday in Escambia County, along with one in Santa Rosa County.
There were 173 deaths reported Thursday across the state, the largest number one day. The 10 Escambia County deaths were also a single-day local record.
The Escambia County deaths were males ages 63, 69, 70, 75, 80, 92, and 99; and females ages 77, 77, and 94. Four were long-term care facility residents. The Santa Rosa County fatality was a 79-year old male.
Escambia County cases increased 159 to 6,461. An additional 57 cases brought the Santa Rosa County total to 2,147.
Of the 966 tests results returned on Tuesday in Escambia County, 12.6% were positive and 13.6% were positive from 482 tests in Santa Rosa County. Over the past week, the overall average positivity rate for Escambia County is 12.6%.
There were 230 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Escambia County as of Thursday, according to data from the three local hospitals.
Of the 73 deaths in Escambia County, 48 have been long-term care facility residents or staff. There have been 19 deaths in Santa Rosa County, seven of those at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility and two in a long-term care facilities.
Statewide, there were 389,868 cases including 385,091 Florida residents. There have been 22,644 hospitalizations* and 5,518 deaths. The Florida Department of Health does not have a clear standard or definition of “recovered” and does not report a number of recovered individuals.
Escambia County cases:
Total cases — 6,461 (+159 since Wednesday)
Non-Florida residents — 741
Pensacola — 5,020 (+129)
Cantonment — 456 (+15)
Molino— 73 (+5)
Century — 47
McDavid — 31
Bellview — 9
Walnut Hill — 8
Perdido Key — 4
Gonzalez — 5 (+1)
Current hospitalizations: 230
Deaths — 73 (+10)
Male — 2,494
Female — 3,064
Youngest — 0
Oldest — 105
Median Age — 37
Santa Rosa County cases:
Total cases — 2,147 (+57 since Wednesday)
Non-Florida residents — 15
Milton — 916 (+39)
Gulf Breeze — 414 (+2)
Navarre — 340 (+17)
Pace — 196 (+4)
Jay — 76 (+3)
Bagdad — 3
Cumulative Hospitalizations — 121*
Deaths — 19 (+1)
Male — 1,035
Female — 1,063
Youngest — 2 months
Oldest — 101
Median Age — 36
Florida cases:
Total cases — 389,868
Florida residents — 385,091
Deaths — 5,518
Hospitalizations — 22,644*
*“Hospitalizations” in the statewide and Santa Rosa County totals 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. The Escambia County number is current data compiled each day from the local hospitals.
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10 Responses to “10 New COVID-19 Deaths In Escambia County; One In Santa Rosa”
The numbers don’t add up. With the escambia county jail as an example where the inmates can’t social distance or refused testing. These people are in danger. Now, as of 3 days ago they basically aren’t being fed properly. Could you survive on sandwiches 3x a day. In one area where there are 2 inmates to a cell, after a family member raised cane, he was tested. The result was positive. They put him back in the same cell. The other inmate was not tested or even asked if he was okay. No isolation, as stated by Chief Powell. As stated by one nurse: “We are not testing any further. We are acting as though everyone has it. Someone needs to report this to the media”.
You guys are crazy. I hope everyone focuses on solving other issues, that are killing people, like they are with masks. Maybe obesities, cancer, STDs, suicide, smoking cigarettes, and the list continues. It’s funny how many times I’ve seen insanely obese people moving their masks to stuff their faces. One evil for another
Where your masks people, even where it’s not required. Save a life.
For some “Americans” they dont seem to care about anything until it starts to happen to them directly. When it becomes family members, friends, relatives that are catching COVID that’s when most of them will start to care and it will be too late
All of us “SHEEP” must stick together and do what is right.
Great comments….we MUST take this seriously and work together. Forget all the other bs and focus on all doing our part to defeat this pandemic. Don’t give up….never quit.
Nameless wrote: “If you want state or nationwide mandates to lower the statistics on the coronavirus, write, text, email the President, Congressional leadership and especially your governor.”
Maybe we should adopt a law that makes it illegal to die from coronavirus? And another law that makes it illegal for the virus to spread.
Do you really think that lowering the statistics (publishing smaller numbers of new cases and deaths) will affect the reality??? Do you think the number of sick people will go down??
If you want state or nationwide mandates to lower the statistics on the coronavirus, write, text, email the President, Congressional leadership and especially your governor. If they are flooded with mail from a majority of their constituents maybe they will hear us. We don’t have to be in the streets. They need to hear our voices. Keep sending those text, emails and letters coming.
REGARDING:
” I don’t believe that all Americans are taking COVID 19 as seriousLY as they should be.”
Most definitely not.
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Many are thinking of it only as a political problem, still convinced it is a HOAX and FAKE NEWS and a DEEP STATE PLOT to make one man look bad and that it hasn’t REALLY killed some 632,905 worldwide and another 1,205 Americans yesterday alone (and 1,165 the day before or 146,732 so far). They insist on calling it the flu or saying well, “Most were old anyway so they probably died of old age all of a sudden.”
Reality takes a while to understand but doesn’t care if we understand it or not.
David for a soon cure, since unity is out of the picture
This virus is just spreading like a wildfire. There needs to be tougher rules for the public. The U.S. needs to model after a country, that has successfully managed to lower the number of COVID 19 cases to double digits or even single. I think South Korea and Italy have been successful with the virus containment. I don’t believe that all Americans are taking COVID 19 as serious as they should be. These numbers are growing exponentially and will continue to rise, if we don’t come up with a mandatory plan that includes every state.