Category: Health

For February’s first 10 days, the Florida Department of Health reported Escambia County’s positivity rate dropped to 9.38% – its lowest rate since the end…

We are at 1,075 children and counting in Basics Insights, and the Studer Community Institute (SCI) needs your help to reach their goal of 5,000…

The positivity rate for Covid dropped to 9.62% last week. January’s rate was 14%. However, the deaths have increased by 35 since Jan. 31 –…

The City of Pensacola is extending the previously implemented COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines for city-permitted events through Thursday, March 11. The restrictions were initially set…

The final COVID report for January in Escambia County has been released by the Florida Department of Health. The county ended the month with total…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the state announced the launch of a statewide preregistration system to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for individuals 65 and older and…

FDOH-Escambia received an allocation of 2,500 doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine for this week – down for 2800 last week. In partnership with Ascension…

NYT: “Cases are extremely high and have stayed about the same over the past two weeks. The numbers of hospitalized Covid patients and deaths in…

The website 247wallst.com has named Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent the city were the COVID-19 virus is growing the fastest in Florida. “In the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metropolitan area,…

As of Wednesday, Jan. 20, 18,859 residents of Escambia County had been vaccinated, per the county’s dashboard. State researchers estimate the county’s population is 323,714 –…

The Florida Department of Health today reported 21 more COVID deaths in Escambia County. The county is averaging five deaths a day.  Escambia has had 25,045…

Due to a shipment of vaccine not arriving as expected, the vaccinations scheduled for today and tomorrow at the Milton Community Center were canceled. Santa…

Sources have told Inweekly that Gov. Ron DeSantis has cut the next week’s vaccine shipment for Escambia County from 8,000 to 800. Update – Monday,…

The Escambia County COVID-19 Dashboard reports the county has 291 hospitalizations – a new daily record. The dashboard reports the most recent weekly positivity rate…

According to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County has 12 more deaths due to COVID–54 for January, 426 since early…

While County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh has praised staff for listing on the Escambia County’s COVID Dashboard that 98% recovery rate for residents, the Florida Department…

According to the Jan. 3 White House COVID-19 Task Force report obtained by the Orlando Sentinel, Florida is the red zone for increase in the…

News Journal reporter Annie Blanks today told the story of Rebecca Swindle, 59-year-old grandmother who had her electricity cut off while waiting for a $3,000…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Mayor Grover Robinson opened a Q & A forum on Facebook Wednesday by relaying that the area was experiencing a “fairly…

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis strongly reaffirmed his opposition to local government officials’ attempts to impose their…