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…
Category: Health
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…
Escambia County Jail: ‘COVID-Land’
Inweekly interviewed Jessica Gomez, who was released from the county jail recently. She said that conditions in the main jail were unsafe and “unable to be sanitized or cleaned, period, in order…
Presser Notes: Two Storms and COVID make three
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday he’d been keeping an eye on the storms in the gulf — tropical storms Marco and Laura — but that it appears…
Escambia COVID positive rate dips below 5%
FDOH reports Escambia County’s positivity rate has dipped below 5% for the first time since  June– reporting 36 cases out for 725 test results, 4.97%, for Sunday, Aug. 23. Since Aug. 10,…
Has Escambia turned the COVID corner?
With students returning to schools in Escambia County, the Florida Department of Health reported the lowest positivity rate for the county since Sunday, June 21–5.3% on 618 test results. Escambia’s positivity…
Buzz: Local Census office shutdowns due to COVID case
Inweekly has heard the local U.S. Census office closed down yesterday after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. Â One staffer told us, “We were given five minutes to clear out.” The deadline…