At his Wednesday presser, Gov. Ron DeSantis talked about his efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. Florida has 4,480 LTCs with 151,724 residents. In Escambia County, over…
Category: Health
Pensacola sailors return home from USNS Comfort
Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command Pensacola sent 18 sailors to support the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort’s COVID-19 relief efforts in New York. After spending 31 days in New York City,…
Wednesday morning shot
Best Pivot of the Week – Bubba Watson’s Diamond Disc Golf Challenge The Pensacola Blue Wahoos and team co-owner Bubba Watson have partnered to bring a new sport to Blue Wahoos Stadium!…
Tuesday afternoon update
According to FDOH, the latest COVID-19 death in Escambia was associated with a long-term care facility. We won’t know the name of the facility until Friday afternoon when the state issues its…
Better guidelines for restaurants
Reopening Escarosa Guide produced by the Pensacola and Santa Rosa chambers had a rather generic page concerning restaurants that was put together by working group consisting of Visit Pensacola and Santa Rosa…
COVID-19 roller coaster
The roller coaster of COVID-19 test results in Escambia County continues with a spike of 18 new positives and another COVID-related death. The 18 new positives are the most for Escambia since…
Underhill releases data, takes a swing
After my morning post about the lack of information on local testing, Commissioner Doug Underhill took to Facebook to offer what he says are the numbers on three testing sites done by…
Pensacola Community COVID-19 Response
A video produced by Volume ONE Salon and Lensea Film:
Tuesday morning brief
What we know: Â The COVID-19 test results posted daily for Escambia County have shown positive cases in single digits since the May 3–which had single highest day for positive cases, 55. There…
Presser Notes: ‘We’re Looking for Solutions’
by Jeremy Morrison With restaurants reopening at a limited capacity following statewide closures in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that the city was game to get…
COVID-19 and the Workforce in Escambia County
In an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 719 Escambia County residents, we found 26.4% had either lost their jobs, been furloughed or had their hours cut as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic….
Covid: Monday noon update
As 10 a.m. Monday, May 11, the percentage of positive COVID-19 cases in Escambia County dipped to 5.9%. A week ago, the overall positive percentage was 6.8%. DOH Escambia entered 262 new…
Reopening Escarosa guide released
In an effort to provide the public in Northwest Florida concise and accurate information related to COVID-19 business resources, a consortium of Escambia and Santa Rosa County business, economic development, and tourism…
Mandatory testing and guidelines
Mandatory LTC testing Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida reports state Agency for Health Care Administration yesterday issued emergency orders to require nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to allow the Florida…
COVID-19: Sunday update
DOH Escambia entered new 154 test results into the system, 2.6% were positive – bringing overall positive percentage down to 6%. The county only had four new positive cases – no new…
COVID: Saturday Haircut Edition
Four Escambia County long-term care facilities have had deaths associated with COVID-19, according to a FDOH report released late Friday. The LTC deaths account for 72% of all COVID-19 deaths in the…
Business Updates
Reopening Florida Business Survey As business in Florida reopens, FloridaWest is working with our ESF-18 partners at The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce and Visit Pensacola to share the most up to…
COVID-19 Friday noon update
While the county’s percentage of positive COVID-19 cases continues to fall, the number of deaths and hospitalizations have increased. Â As of 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, the county has 18 COVID deaths,…
Figuring out the new normal for hospitality and tourism
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As Florida businesses begin to reopen and reassess how best to proceed in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, members of the local hospitality and tourism industries are…
Friday morning update
The latest update on Santa Rosa wildfire from Santa Rosa County Emergency Management : Evening update on the Five Mile Swamp Fire: – The fire is estimated to be 35% contained. – The…
