No New Deaths, Only 52 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Monday In Escambia County

August 17, 2020

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There were no new COVID-19 deaths reported Monday in Escambia County, according to the Florida Department of Health, as only 52 new cases were reported.

Escambia County cases increased to 10,317. An additional 50 cases brought the Santa Rosa County total to 4,223.

Daily test numbers and the positivity rate were not available Monday.

There were 171 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Escambia County as of Monday, according to data from the three local hospitals.

Of the 152 deaths in Escambia County, 80 have been long-term care facility residents or staff. There have been 47 deaths in Santa Rosa County, at least seven of those at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility and nine in a long-term care facilities.

Statewide, there were 576,094 cases including 570,024 Florida residents. There have been 34,194 hospitalizations* and 9,539 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 — 10,317 (+52 since Sunday)
Non-Florida residents — 934
Pensacola —7,526 (+35)
Century — 871 (+1)
—-including  759 Century prison inmates
Cantonment — 711 (+2)
Molino— 116
McDavid — 52
Walnut Hill — 15
Bellview — 11
Gonzalez — 7
Perdido Key — 5
Current hospitalizations: 171 (-7)
Deaths — 152
Male — 4,550
Female — 4,694
Youngest — 0
Oldest — 105
Median Age — 39

Santa Rosa County cases:

Total cases — 4,237 (+14 since Sunday)
Non-Florida residents — 44
Milton — 2,326 (+5)
Gulf Breeze — 615 (+3)
Navarre — 514
Pace — 323 (+4)
Jay — 115 (+1)
Bagdad — 9
Cumulative Hospitalizations — 218*
Deaths — 47
Male — 2,387
Female — 1,786
Youngest — 2 months
Oldest — 101
Median Age — 40

Florida cases:

Total cases — 576,094
Florida residents — 570,024
Deaths — 9,539
Hospitalizations — 34,194*

*“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.
**Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, local hospitals.

Comments

3 Responses to “No New Deaths, Only 52 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Monday In Escambia County”

  1. Terry on August 18th, 2020 12:45 pm

    Right it’s the mask. You are so gullible.

  2. take it serious on August 18th, 2020 11:48 am

    masks works!

  3. Rebecca on August 17th, 2020 5:11 pm

    Glad to see things looking better here right now. :)