Category: Health
Escambia may be ready for Phase 3
Escambia County has 48 new cases and one death reported today. The positivity rate since Sunday has been below 5%. The last time the positivity…
Corrections must have discovered how to test inmates
Through the month of August, Escambia County Corrections Chief Rich Powell and County Administrator Janice Gilley repeatedly told the county commissioners that only a handful…
Escambia: Positivity rate goes below 4%
Escambia County had 56 more COVID-19 cases reported and one additional death. The positivity rate for 1,315 tests was only 3.75%-the lowest daily rate in…
DeSantis issues order on nursing home visitations
Yesterday, at Governor DeSantis’ direction, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director and State Coordinating Officer Jared Moskowitz issued an Emergency Order that lifts restrictions for…
Partial data from FDOH on COVID
The Florida Department of Health still hasn’t released its county reports, but we pulled these stats off the DOH Dashboard. Escambia County had 73 new…
DeSantis to allow nursing home visitations
At his daily press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he will allow visits to nursing homes under certain conditions. Facilities must be virus free…
State slow to release COVID numbers, fires lab
The state is running a hour late in posting the COVID-19 numbers for Monday, Aug. 31. The media has received notification that the state is…
Road Camp scare does not lead to more testing
Inweekly reported this morning that Escambia County Corrections suspended its inmate road crews after an inmate tested positive for COVID-19. Apparently the new case didn’t…
Escambia: Bottom drops out of COVID testing
According to the Florida Department of Health, Escambia only has 23 new local cases of COVID-19 based on 223 test results entered in the system…
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