Category: Health
Escambia sets new COVID record
The Florida Department of Health reports Escambia County had 268 new COVID cases on Thursday, Dec. 17 and three deaths. The positivity rate was 13.41%….
Escambia COVID hits nearly 17 percent positivity
The Florida Department of Health reported yesterday that Escambia County recorded 240 positive cases for Tuesday, Dec. 15 – the most cases for a single…
Escambia County government took most of CARES dollars
Escambia County received $57.6 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. About 60 cents of every dollar will be spent on county…
Vaccine alone won’t end spread of COVID-19
A new paper in the journal Health Affairs points out several factors that are critical battling the spread of the COVID-19 virus. According to the…
Hospitalizations rising in December
As of 2:30 p.m. Dec. 7, the current hospitalizations for COVID-19 total 133, up 25 from Nov. 30. On Nov. 2 (the county didn’t give…
Escambia COVID update
Over the first five days of December, FDOH reported Escambia County had 10 COVID deaths, only two associated with nursing homes. Of the 7,558 tests…
Hospitalizations continue to climb
When CivicCon held a session with local health care leaders on Monday, Nov. 23, Escambia County’s dashboard reported 90 hospitalizations. Today, the county reports 108–…
COVID ‘wavelet’ continues
With testing down 38% over the long holiday period, the Florida Department of Health reported only 659 new cases for the week ending Nov. 28…
COVID cases and positivity rates continue to climb
For the third consecutive week, COVID-19 new cases reported trended higher in Escambia County, though the rate of increase has slowed. The biggest jump in…
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