Eight New COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Escambia, Santa Rosa On Wednesday

August 5, 2020

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There were eight total new COVID-19 deaths reported Wednesday in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties by the Florida Department of Health.

The Escambia County deaths were females age 55, 68, 84, 81 and 86, and an 86-year old male. The Santa Rosa deaths were a 97-year old female and a 76-year old female. At least four total from both counties were long-term care facility residents.

Escambia County cases increased 105 to 8,367. An additional 58 cases brought the Santa Rosa County total to 3,610.

Of the 951 tests results returned on Tuesday in Escambia County, 9.9% were positive, and 12.8% were positive from 410 tests in Santa Rosa County. Over the past week, the overall average positivity rate for Escambia County is 11.8%.

There were 202 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Escambia County as of Wednesday, according to data from the three local hospitals.

Of the 107 deaths in Escambia County, 63 have been long-term care facility residents or staff. There have been 30 deaths in Santa Rosa County, at least seven of those at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility and five in a long-term care facilities.

Statewide, there were 502,739  cases including 497,181 Florida residents. There have been 28,573 hospitalizations* and 7,627 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 — 8,367 (+105 since Tuesday)
Non-Florida residents — 875
Pensacola — 6,570 (+90)
Cantonment — 608 (+8)
Molino— 95 (+3)
Century — 80 (+1)
McDavid — 40 (+1)
Bellview — 10
Walnut Hill — 10 (+1)
Gonzalez — 7
Perdido Key — 5
Current hospitalizations: 202 (-13)
Deaths — 107 (+6)
Male — 3,290
Female — 4,074
Youngest — 0
Oldest — 105
Median Age — 38

Santa Rosa County cases:

Total cases — 3,610 (+88 since Monday)
Non-Florida residents — 25
Milton — 2,030 (+30)
Gulf Breeze — 522 (+9)
Navarre — 422 (+8)
Pace — 266 (+6)
Jay — 94
Bagdad — 8
Cumulative Hospitalizations — 177*
Deaths — 32 (+2)
Male — 2,095
Female — 1,474
Youngest — 2 months
Oldest — 101
Median Age — 39

Florida cases:

Total cases — 502,739
Florida residents — 497,181
Deaths — 7,627
Hospitalizations — 28,573*

*“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.

Comments

One Response to “Eight New COVID-19 Deaths Reported In Escambia, Santa Rosa On Wednesday”

  1. k on August 5th, 2020 1:01 pm

    Based on the data you’ve been reporting here, hospitalizations for the virus are down
    17.89 percent from the high of 246 on 22 July.

    how many total hospital beds are in the three hospitals, so we can see just how maxxed out the hospitals are?

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