68 New Cases, One COVID-19 Death Reported Saturday In Two County Area

September 13, 2020

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There were 68 additional confirmed COVID-19 positive cases and one additional death reported in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties on Saturday, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The death was a 77-year old male in Santa Rosa County.

Escambia County cases increased by 52 to 11,818 An additional 16 cases brought the Santa Rosa County total to 5,103.

Of the 1,217 tests results returned in Escambia County, 3.7% were positive, and 5.6% were positive from 319 tests in Santa Rosa County. Over the past week, the overall average positivity rate for Escambia County is 5.4%.

There were 81 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Escambia County as of Saturday, according to data from the three local hospitals.

Of the 203 deaths in Escambia County, 96 have been long-term care facility residents or staff. There have been 66 deaths in Santa Rosa County, at least seven of those at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility and 16 in a long-term care facilities.

Statewide, there were 661,571 cases including 654,090 Florida residents. There have been 41,215 hospitalizations* and 12,600 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 — 11,818 (+52)
Non-Florida residents — 1,043
Pensacola —8,648 (+17)
Century — 926 (+1)
—-including 771 Century prison inmates
Cantonment — 866 (+1)
Molino— 139
McDavid — 68
Walnut Hill — 17
Bellview — 12
Gonzalez — 7
Perdido Key — 7
Current hospitalizations: 81 (-8)
Deaths — 203
Male — 5,204
Female — 5,474
Youngest — 0
Oldest — 105
Median Age — 39

Santa Rosa County cases:

Total cases — 5,103 (+16)
Non-Florida residents — 50
Milton — 2,708 (+9)
Gulf Breeze — 731 (+1)
Navarre — 635
Pace — 405 (+3)
Jay — 141
Bagdad — 12 (+1)
Cumulative Hospitalizations — 296*
Deaths — 66 (+1)
Male — 2,796
Female — 2,250
Youngest — 2 months
Oldest — 101
Median Age — 40

Florida cases:

Total cases — 661,571
Florida residents — 654,090
Deaths — 12,600
Hospitalizations — 41,215*

*“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.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive