Last night, the Pensacola City Council passed a resolution asking the Escambia County Commission to pass a mask mandate for the inside businesses. Mayor Grover Robinson mandated face masks on Friday, June…
Category: Health
White House report: Escambia, Santa Rosa in Red Zone
The Center for Public Integrity yesterday published an internal White House report, dated July 14, that says that 18 states are in the “red zone” for COVID-19 cases — including Florida, Georgia…
Confirmed: Deputy county administrator has COVID
Chips Kirschenfeld confirmed with Inweekly that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been dealing with the virus for the past two weeks. “Yes, it has been a rough 12 days,”…
Escambia County moves past 5K cases
Escambia now has had 5,054 total COVID cases – Â 4424 Florida residents and 630 non-Florida residents. Florida had 13,965 new cases and surpassed yesterday’s COVID death record with 156 additional deaths. Escambia…
Escambia County’s COVID Crisis
On Monday, June 29, Escambia County had only 18 employees that were positive for COVID-19 – eight in Corrections and nine in Public Safety. As of Wednesday, July 15, the county has…
Escambia County Jail: COVID Hell
“People – parents and loved ones – need to be concerned about family members in the jail.” The Escambia County Jail has become a COVID-19 petri dish. Â As of 4 p.m. Wednesday,…
What zip codes have the most growth in COVID cases
The zip code that has the fastest growth is 32507 – in Commissioner Doug Underhill’s District 2. The cases have more than doubled since June 30 and are up 25% in just…
Pensacola MSA in top 20 metro hot spots for COVID
Axios reports of the 20 U.S. metro areas with the highest daily case growth, nine are in Florida, according to Nephron Research. Pensacola is among those nine hot spots: “Orlando, Fort Lauderdale,…
Poll: Voters want CARES funds to go to households, small businesses
This week Inweekly will publish its COVID-19 Ballsy plan. Escambia County is sitting on $14.32 million and trying to figure out to spend it. The funds represent a quarter of the approximately…
Baptist, Sacred Heart watching cases, ventilator usage up
Ascension Sacred Heart is cutting back on visitations. Baptist just announced it will do the same. Update from Baptist:Â “Because the recent spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in our state and…
WFH statement: ‘To ensure our readiness as we monitor the capacity’
Elective Surgery Statement from West Florida Hospital “As positive COVID-19 cases continue to rise across Florida and here in our area, West Florida Hospital is taking proactive action in order to position…
Buzz: West Florida Hospital drops elective surgeries
The surge in COVID-19 cases has West Florida, Ascension Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospital worried, according to several sources. Each is deciding whether it’s time to limit visitors to their facilities and…