Category: Health

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 residents who are age 65 and older. Both…

Escambia County has as COVID-19 crisis.  Our hospitalizations are now up to 248, according to the Escambia County COVID dashboard. We’ve had 12 death since last Wednesday, Dec. 30. The county’s dashboard…

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 worship in underserved communities as vaccination sites,…

Through Saturday, 255,808 people had received COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Health.  Escambia County is in the top 20 for COVID cases among Florida residents but didn’t…

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 Brownsville Community Center. Interim Public Safety Eric…

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. “Completion of this form confirms interest in…

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. Escambia County has been vaccinating first responders…

Escambia County reports that COVID-related hospitalizations yesterday increased from 172 to 190.  The lowest number of test results for the month of December were reported for Dec. 27 – 478.  The positivity…

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 16 more COVID deaths. The month-to-date death…

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% – the highest since August 7. The…

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 in Top 12 Metro Areas).  Okaloosa (#4),…

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 number of new cases increased from 685…

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%. For the period of Sunday, Dec. 13…

The Florida Department of Health reported yesterday that Escambia County recorded 240 positive cases for Tuesday, Dec. 15 – the most cases for a single day since Aug. 7. The positivity rate…

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 report, how well a vaccine program will…

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 us updates on weekends, the total was…

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 results reported, 8.48% were positive – 641…

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– a 20% increase for one-week. The hospitalizations…

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 and a positivity rate of 8.33%.  The…