Escambia County Reports 2,419 New COVID-19 Cases, 370 Hospitalizations

August 21, 2021

There were 2,419 new COVID-19 cases reported Escambia County over the last week by the Florida Department of Health.

Baptist, Ascension Sacred Heart and West Florida hospitals reported a combined 370 COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Friday.

Additional data about hospitalizations at Baptist Hospital is below is a graphic they provided to NorthEscambia.com. It details hospitalizations in vaccinated versus unvaccinated individuals.

Here is the latest data:

Escambia County cases:

Total cases: 42,840 (+2,419)
Positivity rate last week: 27.8%
Current total hospitalizations: 370
Over age 18 and over hospitalizations: 361
Under age 18 hospitalized: 9

Escambia County Vaccinations

People vaccinated: 136,937
Total Population of Escambia County Partially Vaccinated: 48.5%
Total Population of Escambia County Fully Vaccinated: 39.2%
*These numbers are the percent of total Escambia County population vaccinated. Not the percentage of hospitalized individuals.

Santa Rosa County cases:

Total cases: 24,195 (+1,5136)
Positivity rate last week: 35.2%
People vaccinated: 76,991
Partial vaccination rate (age 12+): 48%

Statewide cases:

Florida resident cases: 3,027,954 (+150,118)
Case positivity rate: 19.8%
Deaths: 42,252 (+346)

FDOH has moved from daily to weekly reports and removed the COVID-19 dashboard. The state is now releasing a weekly report with local data limited only to number of cases and positivity rate The number of deaths by county or cases by local cities and communities is no longer provided.

Comments

4 Responses to “Escambia County Reports 2,419 New COVID-19 Cases, 370 Hospitalizations”

  1. David Huie Green on August 25th, 2021 10:40 pm

    REGARDING:
    “I have heard no explanation about why these stats cannot be made available daily.”

    Particularly poor performance predisposes politicians to prevent publication of particulars. DeSantis would rather it be paused until he is elected President.

  2. Lee on August 23rd, 2021 11:54 am

    Ignorance is not bliss. I have heard no explanation about why these stats cannot be made available daily.

  3. Emily on August 23rd, 2021 4:05 am

    Florida is supposed to be transparent with all of the state’s information. It’s called “The Sunshine Law”. I wonder why this transparency law is not being upheld to provide Floridians all of the information about the COVID-19 cases, including the number of deaths in the counties/state.
    We have a right to know what is going on in our state.

  4. Bill on August 23rd, 2021 2:18 am

    How can people read this statement: “The number of deaths by county or cases by local cities and communities is no longer provided.” and not see that DeSantis governs just like the Chinese Communist Party?

    And how can you see 23 vs 1 on needing ventilation and still question the efficacy of the vaccine?

    Please, just think about it.