FDOH Reports Three New COVID-19 Deaths, Increase Of 140 New Cases In Escambia County

December 28, 2020

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The Florida Department of Health reported three additional COVID-19 deaths and an increase of 140 new cases on Sunday.

Here is the latest data:

Escambia County cases:

Total cases: 21,408 (+140)
Non-Florida residents: 2,342
Total deaths: 359 (+3)
Long-term care facility deaths : 163
Current hospitalizations: 172
Number of tests last day: 777
Percent positive last day: 14.4%
Percent positive last week: 13.7%

Escambia County cases by location:

Pensacola: 15,639 (+104)
Cantonment: 1,822  (+18)
Century: 1,002 (+2)
—-including 774 Century prison inmates
Molino: 264
McDavid: 131
Walnut Hill: 38
Bellview: 31 (+1)
Perdido Key: 17
Gonzalez: 9

Santa Rosa County cases:

Total cases: 10,486 (+104)
Non-Florida residents: 123
Total deaths: 121
Long-term care facility deaths: 24
Cumulative Hospitalizations: 526*
Number of tests last day: 231
Percent positive last day: 30.2%

Santa Rosa County cases by location:

Milton: 5,267  (+56)
Navarre: 1,990 (+21)
Gulf Breeze: 1,824 (+30)
Pace: 809 (+3)
Jay: 262 (+3)
Bagdad: 25

Florida cases:

Total cases: 1,271,979
Florida residents: 1,250,275
Deaths: 21,212
Hospitalizations: 61,459*

*“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 “FDOH Reports Three New COVID-19 Deaths, Increase Of 140 New Cases In Escambia County”

  1. Eris on December 28th, 2020 1:41 pm

    Well said, Dean!

    I really do appreciate northescambia.com publishing these numbers each day. I only wish they would take the extra step of also listing the cases by Zip Code.

    For example, 32571, which is the Woodbine/Pace/Pea Ridge area is well over 2000 cases! Higher than ANY other zipcode in Santa Rosa,. So in reality Pace has more infections than Milton, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, and many of the zip codes that make up Pensacola, not 809.

    The other thing I notice is how many fewer tests get done in Santa Rosa than Escambia. Even Escambia is much lower than downstate! This is both in total tests, but also per capita. I fear it’s because we are, at best, an after thought to Tallahassee, you know the panhandle isn’t even on some State maps. I also fear we’ll be the trail end when it comes to getting the vaccine!

  2. Dean on December 28th, 2020 9:54 am

    Wake up Santa Rosa county. Twice the infection rate of Escambia county and closer to half the population. Take the signs down out of your front yard and start living in reality rather than illusions. Wear masks, social distance and stop gathering inside in groups. You’re paying the price and no illusion is going to change that. Only good sense and character. Wake up!

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