Florida ended last week with 10,059 new COVID cases, topping 200K cases. Â On June 5, Florida only had 61,488 cases – reporting a tenth of July 4 cases for the day,…
Category: Health
Escambia County Jail has 38 more COVID cases
Three C’s exposed—County COVID Coverup Press Release: Through contact tracing more inmates have tested positive at the Escambia County Jail. Out of the 44 inmates tested, 38 have tested positive, four have tested…
Chicago vs Escambia
According to the city of Chicago dashboard, Â the city of 2.69 million people had 182 new cases out of 3,865 tests, positivity rate 4.7% on July 3. On July 3, Escambia County…
Local hospitals report 114 COVID patients – up 12 from July 3
The city of Pensacola has shared that our local hospitals report 114 COVID patients as of July 4. Â Two weeks ago the total was in the teens, according to city officials. Ascension…
Florida approaches 200K cases, Escambia 2600
Florida has 11,458 new COVID cases – 14% positivity rate. Escambia County has 200 new cases – 181 Florida residents, median age 31 and positivity rate 11.9%. The county had one more…
Breaking news: Local hospitals report 21 more COVID patients, total 102
The city of Pensacola has reported that local hospitals have added 21 more COVID patients since yesterday: Ascension Sacred Heart: 37 Baptist: 18 West Florida Hospital: 47 Total 102 – 25.9% increase…
COVID cases exploding in Panhandle, Esc. 157, SR 67, Okal. 50
Florida has another 9,488 COVID cases – positivity rate 14.8, fourth consecutive 14%+ day. Escambia County has 158 new cases – 136 Florida residents, one tied to local nursing home, median age…
Escambia County has 81 COVID patients in local hospitals
COVID hospitalizations in Escambia have nearly quadrupled over the past two weeks. The city of Pensacola has an excellent dashboard that displays COVID-19 patients currently in Ascension Sacred Heart, Baptist Hospital…
Blue Angels airshow cancelled
PENSACOLA, Fla. (July 2, 2020) — The 2020 Pensacola Beach Air Show, originally scheduled for July 8-11, has been canceled. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels team informed the Santa Rosa Island Authority…
SDS: Hospital bed availability vs. new cases
At this morning’s agenda review, Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill said the most important information that citizens need to have every day is hospital bed availability. Every day, he believes the public…
Seville Quarter, O’Riley’s temporarily close
From Seville Quarter’s Facebook: Seville Quarter’s Dining and Entertainment Complex is temporarily “suspending its sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises†in accordance with the Department of Business and Professional…
Three jail inmates test positive for COVID
Three inmates at the Escambia County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 as of this morning, Thursday, July 2. Over the course of four months, the jail has tested over 30 inmates…
What Escambia commissioners need to know about COVID
“Please, please, please wear a face covering when you go out in public.†– U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams COVID Deaths Will Continue Escambia County has a higher death rate per COVID…
Escambia pushes past 2K COVID cases
Escambia County now has 2,046 cases – with 94 news cases reported today. The state of Florida has 6,563 new cases with a positivity rate of 15%. The new cases in the…
COVID closes WOB
Despite our best efforts, we feel that this is not enough to keep our people safe. Blend Lounge, Graffiti Pizza, World of Beer and Taco Agave yesterday announced on Facebook that the…
Momentum for face masks in Escambia County
“And we stand united in our support of all wearing mask or cloth face coverings for the protection of our community.” – heads of Ascension Sacred Heart, Baptist, West Florida Hospital and…
County COVID-19 update
Dr. John Lanza, from the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County, will be at the Board of County Commissioners Agenda Review Session at 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 2 to provide…
Gulf Breeze, Milton account for more than half Santa Rosa new cases
As we reported yesterday, there had been a spike in COVID cases in Gulf Breezes that is believed to be tied to graduation celebrations among Gulf Breeze High students. The mayors of…
Zip codes for newest Escambia COVID cases
Four zip codes account for over half of the 188 new COVID cases among Escambia County residents – UWF/Ferry Pass; Beulah/Nature Trail; East Hill/Bayou Texar and East Pensacola/Scenic Heights. Zip 28-Jun…
Presser Notes: Masks, Please
“If we can work together, we can really beat back this COVID thing.†– Mayor Robinson by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is hoping mask-wearing does the trick. “If we…
