Category: Health

Yesterday, Halsey Beshears, secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, was in Pensacola to meet privately with bar owners. We’ve been told…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As the coronavirus season has stretched on and the pandemic has only intensified in states such as Florida, local health care…

According to the latest Inweekly/Political Matrix, nearly 80% of Escambia voters believe face masks help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and want them…

I obtained a list of COVID-19 deaths in Escambia and Santa counties from First Judicial District Medical Examiner. Their ages ranged from 24 to 104….

Escambia County administration has continued to hold meetings with developers and contractors on their development plans since March. The fact that county operations have continued during…

  The Florida broke its daily record for COVID-19 deaths for the third consecutive day with 253 – total now 6,586. Escambia and Santa Rosa…

The county reported yesterday afternoon the Escambia County Jail got back six more test results and five were positive – 83.33%. After reporting its first…

Since last Thursday, local long-term facilities have reported that they have 60 more COVID-19 patients among their residents and have transferred eight to local hospitals….

Florida’s COVID-19 cases have topped 450K – 451,442, and with 216 new deaths, blasting past yesterday’s daily record of 186. State positivity rate is 12.26%…

COVID-19 deaths more than doubled in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties this past month. The Florida Department of Health keeps a running total, but few…

The Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) – which includes Escambia and Santa Rosa counties – still is in the Red Zone according to the latest…

“Unfortunately, it sounds like COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon we are urging the public to continue to focus on staying clean to stay…

By request, Escambia County Attorney Alison Rogers has drafted three options for the Board of County Commissioners to consider regarding face covering. Through a public…

The city of Pensacola’s face mask order and the closing of bars may be having a positive impact on the spread of the COVID virus….

The Manatee County Commission voted to make face masks mandatory yesterday. The county confirmed is 11th in the state for highest number of COVID-19 cases…

According to the most recent Inweekly/Political Matrix, Escambia County voters would like the CARES Act funding to help with food assistance for those hurt economically…

The five districts with the most COVID-19 case year-to-date are: 32514 (UWF/Ferry Pass) with 1,119; 32526 (Beulah/Nature Trail) with 747; 32505 (Brownsville) 678; 32503 (Bayou…

The PNJ reports Milton High School track and field coach Joe Austin passed away on Sunday night after an extended battle with coronavirus. Austin was…

After reading District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender’s comments in an interview with Inweekly reporter Jeremy Morrison, Pensacola City Councilwoman Sherri Myers called to say she…

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Escambia County Commission Vice Chairman Robert Bender isn’t itching to institute a mask mandate. “I would say the county supports wearing…