By Ana Ceballos and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed to expand testing of Floridians to see how widely the coronavirus has spread across…
Category: Health
Thursday noon update
Escambia County has 11 more cases and three additional COVID-19 related deaths. A boatload of new test results are recored today, 1,172 – 1% positive. Â To date, Escambia County has tested 15,642…
Thursday a.m briefing
More Testing Sites FDOH-Escambia announced a new drive-thru testing site at Pensacola State College Warrington Campus, 5555 Highway 98 West. It is free to all Florida residents and scheduled to open this…
What’s happened while you’ve been working
Escambia County only added four more COVID-19 cases today. However, Santa Rosa had 11 more cases — the most in a single day since April 17. Â Escambia has six more hospitalizations than…
Wednesday morning briefing
According to a new study, Escambia County is lucky to have so many COVID-19 testing sites because 54% of counties nationwide don’t. Castlight, a health software company, performed an analysis of its…
Drive-thru and mobile testing shows COVID-19 spread has been mitigated
The analysis of COVID-19 of  the mobile and drive-thru testing sites of Sacred Heart appears to show the virus hasn’t spread much to the general population in Escambia County.  I use the…
Tuesday briefing: Fla. COVID-19 analyst removed; nursing homes stealing stimulus checks
For the past couple weeks. I’ve mentioned irregularities with the FDOH COVID-19 dashboard–most recently the long delay in updating the COVID reports last Friday. Florida Today reports Rebekah Jones, architect and manager of…
COVID-19 testing at Escambia sites down about a third in May
As Escambia County reopens, area hospitals have collected fewer specimens, down about a third from April averages. Â Since March through May 7, Ascension Sacred Heart, Baptist Health and West Florida Hospital collected…
Monday noon update
The COVID-19 rollercoaster has returned to Escambia County. After a quiet weekend, the county had 18 new case reported this morning, bringing the total to 707. DOH Escambia entered 440 new test…
Monday a.m. briefing
Escambia County had seven new positive COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday. DOH Escambia entered 237 new test results — 3% were positive. Last week (May 10-16), Escambia County added 48 cases out…
Sunday morning update
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties had no positive COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday – the first time in nearly two months. DOH Escambia entered 228 test results that were all negative. We…
Escambia County send vacation rental plan to Tallahassee
Escambia County submitted a short-term vacation rental plan last night to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation for review, response and approval. In a written statement, County Administrator Janice Gilley…
Saturday morning briefing
FDOH finally released the Friday, May 15 statistic. Escambia County had 11 new positive COVID-19 case and another death – which brought the death count to 20 for the county. DOH Escambia…
Governor asks counties for their vacation rental safety plans
Last week, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passed resolution asking Governor DeSantis is to allow vacation rentals. Today, DeSantis said he’s ready to will do it on a county-by-county basis after…
Breaking news: DeSantis announces ‘Full Phase One’
At a presser in Jacksonville this morning, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced what he calls “Full Phase One.” Effective Monday, May 18, restaurants will be expanded to 50% capacity with spacing or partitions…
Friday lunch time update
Escambia County posted in its 11 a.m. update: The mobile testing site at the University of West Florida will be open to the public for an additional two weeks. The UWF test…
Nursing home legal battles loom
By Christine Sexton, The News of Florida TALLAHASSEE — One of Florida’s best-known law firms said Thursday it is preparing to file lawsuits against two nursing homes related to the deaths of…
Friday morning update
UWF Testing Site Closing – Update The County notified us at 11:12 am the UWF site will stay open two more weeks -Â Earlier report : As Escambia County moves in to…
DeSantis could expand restaurant seating and open gyms
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will announce Friday additional “phase one†measures to reopen the state’s economy, with the moves expected to…
Thursday noon report
Another positive day for Escambia County – only six new positive COVID-19 cases. DOH Escambia entered 294 new test results into the Merlin system – 2% were positive. 5/13/20 5/14/20 11 a.m….
