Since early July, the county commissioners have pushed for more COVID testing at the county jail. At four public meetings, they told by the county administrator and her corrections chief that the…
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Escambia COVID-19 numbers
Escambia County added 58 new cases and two deaths. The positivity rate for Sept. 3 was 6.05% on 893 test results. The median age was 38. Santa Rosa County added 33…
DeSantis want to get to ‘yes’ on bars
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said he hopes to give Floridians the “ability to have some enjoyment in their life†by soon lifting on-site…
Escambia may be ready for Phase 3
Escambia County has 48 new cases and one death reported today. Â The positivity rate since Sunday has been below 5%. The last time the positivity rate was above 10% was Aug. 17….
Corrections must have discovered how to test inmates
Through the month of August, Escambia County Corrections Chief Rich Powell and County Administrator Janice Gilley repeatedly told the county commissioners that only a handful of inmates requested to be tested–an average…
Escambia: Positivity rate goes below 4%
Escambia County had 56 more COVID-19 cases reported and one additional death. Â The positivity rate for 1,315 tests was only 3.75%-the lowest daily rate in more than two months. as of…
DeSantis issues order on nursing home visitations
Yesterday, at Governor DeSantis’ direction, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director and State Coordinating Officer Jared Moskowitz issued an Emergency Order that lifts restrictions for visitation to nursing homes, assisted living facilities…
Partial data from FDOH on COVID
The Florida Department of Health still hasn’t released its county reports, but we pulled these stats off the DOH Dashboard. Escambia County had 73 new cases and two new deaths. Santa Rosa…
DeSantis to allow nursing home visitations
At his daily press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he will allow visits to nursing homes under certain conditions. Facilities must be virus free for 14 days before allowing visitors. According…
State slow to release COVID numbers, fires lab
The state is running a hour late in posting the COVID-19 numbers for Monday, Aug. 31. The media has received notification that the state is “severing all ties with Quest Diagnostics after…
Road Camp scare does not lead to more testing
Inweekly reported this morning that Escambia County Corrections suspended its inmate road crews after an inmate tested positive for COVID-19. Apparently the new case didn’t lead to more prisoners being tested at…
Escambia: Bottom drops out of COVID testing
According to the Florida Department of Health, Escambia only has 23 new local cases of COVID-19 based on 223 test results entered in the system for Sunday, Aug. 30. The 23 positives…
More on COVID testing in the jail
In July, Inweekly received a letter signed by 53 female inmates in Escambia County’s work release building pleading to be tested. Last week, the inmates of Work Release Building Dorm Three wrote…
Commissioners frustrated with lack of COVID testing at jail
On Thursday, Aug. 27, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners learned only six inmates at the Escambia County Jail had been tested for COVID-19 a week after the board approved $1.25 million…
Second COVID case shuts down Corrections road crews again
At 7:37 p.m. Sunday, Escambia County notified the media that Escambia County Corrections received a positive COVID-19 test result at its road camp. “As a precaution, Escambia County will suspend road crew…
Escambia: COVID testing continues to drop
FDOH reported 67 new COVID cases and one additional death for Escambia County. Â For Thursday, Aug. 27, the agency reported a positivity rate of 8.81% on 647 test results. Â A low…
Escambia: COVID cases and testing down, deaths up
FDOH reports Escambia County has 55 new cases  – most of which are local residents and few in nursing homes and Century prison.  The county had four more deaths reported – 86…
Escambia: COVID data optimistic
While Escambia County continues to move toward 11,000 total COVID cases – 10K local residents, the positivity rate is staying in single digits. Â A backlog of test results (1,440) were entered and…
Females inmates continue to speak out
As a form of punishment, they are refusing to test us. Today I received another letter from female inmates in the Escambia County Corrections system, It was signed by 54 women: As…
Escambia County reports seven more COVID deaths – Updated
The Florida Department of Health has been slow to release the county daily reports. Looking at the FDOH dashboard, Escambia County now has 178 COVID deaths – an increase of seven. Hospitalizations…
