ECHCA: 6 new COVID cases reported from hospitals

Published 4:35 pm Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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The Escambia County Healthcare Authority announced Nov. 23 that six positive COVID-19 tests have been reported out of its two hospitals over the last seven days.

According to the ECHCA, 2,852 positive tests have been reported from Atmore Community Hospital and D.W. McMillan.

The ECHA releases its COVID-19 report every Tuesday.

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According to a release, four (minus-10) positive tests were reported each from ACH and two (even) were reported from DWM over the last seven days.

According to the ECHCA, Escambia County’s positive rate is 7.1 percent, which is down 0.3 percent from last week. Over the last seven days, there have been eight NAAT tests performed in the county.

Due to the timing of the information, the numbers may differ from the numbers on the ADPH’s website.

Confirmed cases are recorded by public health officials in the patient’s county of residence.