Category: Health
More vaccinations tomorrow and this weekend
Ascension Sacred Heart will hold additional COVID-19 vaccination clinics on Thursday in Milton and Pensacola for local residents who are age 65 and older. Unfortuntately,…
COVID Escambia: Positivity rate 22 percent, new record for hospitalizations, no vax for teachers
According to the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County ‘s positivity rate yesterday was 22.45% based on 891 test results reported for Monday, Jan. 5….
Contact info to schedule vaccination at Olive Baptist and Milton Community Center
In Escambia County, the first series of clinics in January will take place in the gym of Olive Baptist Church at 1836 East Olive Road…
Escambia ICU bed availability down to 8 percent
Yesterday, I picked up on the decrease in ICU beds locally. The News Service of Florida reports the availability is 19.7 percent statewide and only…
Ascension Sacred Heart responds to Gov. DeSantis
Ascension Sacred Heart plans to open two community clinics on Wednesday in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County that will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to local…
COVID Update: 12 more deaths, 248 hospitalizations
Escambia County has as COVID-19 crisis. Â Our hospitalizations are now up to 248, according to the Escambia County COVID dashboard. We’ve had 12 death since…
DeSantis wants to ramp up vaccinations
The Sun Sentinel reports that Gov. Ron DeSantis announced this morning the state will convert selected COVID test sites to vaccination sites, use houses of…
Escambia lags behind other counties on vaccinations
Through Saturday, 255,808 people had received COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Health. Â Escambia County is in the top 20 for…
Vaccinations in Brownsville
On Sunday, Jan. 3, the Florida Division of Emergency Management ran a pilot vaccination program for 500 senior citizens, ages 65 and over, at the…
FDOH system only works for elderly with computers
The Florida Department of Health Escambia only allows residents 65 or older to schedule an appointment for the COVID vaccination via a survey monkey form….
FDOH has application form for COVID vaccine
Gov. Ron DeSantis has made frontline healthcare workers and  individuals 65 years of age and older priorities for the first rounds of the COVID vaccines….
COVID update: 18 more hospitalizations
Escambia County reports that COVID-related hospitalizations yesterday increased from 172 to 190. Â The lowest number of test results for the month of December were reported…
Escambia positivity rate higher than state or top counties
According the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County had 1,246 new COVID cases last week – only 136 were non-Florida residents. The county also had…
Escambia has eight additional Covid deaths and positivity rate of over 19 percent
The Florida Department of Health reported that the COVID deaths in Escambia County increased from 343 to 351 since Saturday. The positivity rate was 19.37%…
White House task force has Pensacola Metro Area in red zone
The Orlando Sentinel obtained a copy of last week’s White House COVID-19 Task Force report. The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is in the red zone (#2…
FDOH COVID Dashboard shows COVID cases increased faster outside city limits
The Florida Department of Health dashboard breaks down cases by zip code. Since June 30 when the city of Pensacola issued a mask order the…
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…
