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…
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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% – the highest since August 7. The…
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 in Top 12 Metro Areas).  Okaloosa (#4),…
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 number of new cases increased from 685…
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%. For the period of Sunday, Dec. 13…
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 day since Aug. 7. The positivity rate…
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 operations – either for Public Health and…
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 report, how well a vaccine program will…
Hospitalizations rising in December
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…
Escambia COVID update
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…
Hospitalizations continue to climb
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…
COVID ‘wavelet’ continues
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…