Category: Health

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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 reports that COVID-related hospitalizations yesterday increased from 172 to 190.  The lowest number of test results for the month of December were reported…

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…

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 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…

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…

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%….