97 New Cases, One New COVID-19 Death Reported On Thursday In Area

September 4, 2020

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There were 97 new COVID-19 positives and one new death reported in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties Thursday, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The Escambia County death was a 93-year old female.

Escambia County cases increased 48 to 11,360. An additional 49 cases brought the Santa Rosa County total to 4,812.

Of the 984 tests results returned in Escambia County, 4.8% were positive, and 8.8% were positive from 516 tests in Santa Rosa County. Over the past week, the overall average positivity rate for Escambia County is 5.5%.

There were 97 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Escambia County as of Thursday, according to data from the three local hospitals.

Of the 190 deaths in Escambia County, 90 have been long-term care facility residents or staff. There have been 58 deaths in Santa Rosa County, at least seven of those at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility and 12 in a long-term care facilities.

Statewide, there were 637,013 cases including 629,913 Florida residents. There have been 39,428 hospitalizations* and 11,650 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 — 11,360 (+48)
Non-Florida residents — 1,009
Pensacola —8,308 (+42)
Century — 919 (+2)
—-including 771 Century prison inmates
Cantonment — 802 (+19)
Molino— 131
McDavid — 65 (+2)
Walnut Hill — 16
Bellview — 12 (+1)
Gonzalez — 7
Perdido Key — 6
Current hospitalizations: 97 (-10)
Deaths — 190 (+1)
Male — 5,014
Female — 5,236
Youngest — 0
Oldest — 105
Median Age — 39

Santa Rosa County cases:

Total cases — 4,812 (+49)
Non-Florida residents — 43
Milton — 2,586 (+26)
Gulf Breeze — 699 (+9)
Navarre — 599 (+15)
Pace — 377 (+1)
Jay — 135 (+2)
Bagdad — 9
Cumulative Hospitalizations — 277*
Deaths — 58
Male — 2,666
Female — 2,095
Youngest — 2 months
Oldest — 101
Median Age — 40

Florida cases:

Total cases — 637,013
Florida residents — 629,9013
Deaths — 11,650
Hospitalizations — 39,428*

*“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