70 New COVID-19 Cases, Two More Deaths Wednesday In Two County Area

October 15, 2020

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Two new deaths and two dozen additional COVID-19 cases were reported in Escambia County on Wednesday by the Florida Department of Health.

Here is the latest data:

Escambia County cases:

Total cases: 12,737 (+39)
Non-Florida residents: 1,216
Total deaths: 264
Long-term care facility deaths : 123
Current hospitalizations: 42 (-2)
Number of tests last day: 767
Percent positive last day: 3.2%
Percent positive last week: 2.5%

Escambia County cases by location:

Pensacola: 9,286(+25)
Cantonment: 954 (+1)
Century: 934
—-including 773 Century prison inmates
Molino: 150
McDavid: 74
Walnut Hill: 18
Bellview: 16
Perdido Key: 8
Gonzalez: 7

Santa Rosa County cases:

Total cases: 5,616 (+31)
Non-Florida residents: 57
Total deaths: 84 (+2)
Long-term care facility deaths: 19 (+1)
Cumulative Hospitalizations: 337*
Number of tests last day: 276
Percent positive last day: 10.1%

Santa County cases  by location:

Milton: 2,906 (+10)
Gulf Breeze: 805 (+5)
Navarre: 706 (+1)
Pace: 474 (+5)
Jay: 158 (+1)
Bagdad: 12

Florida cases:

Total cases: 741,632
Florida residents: 732,399
Deaths: 15,595
Hospitalizations: 46,482*

*“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. Most of these people are longer be 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.

*The Florida Department of Health does not have a clear standard or definition of “recovered” and does not report a number of recovered individuals.

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

Comments

2 Responses to “70 New COVID-19 Cases, Two More Deaths Wednesday In Two County Area”

  1. Dean on October 15th, 2020 6:17 pm

    Could you explain the new case totals. The numbers for the individual areas don’t ever seem to add up to the total given in the text.

  2. David on October 15th, 2020 10:23 am

    Thank you for this very important information. It is greatly appreciated.

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