Category: Health
Statewide one in five COVID-19 deaths tied to LTCs
Note: Â Three of the four COVID-19 deaths in Escambia County have been tied to nursing homes. Â However, the county SitReps should the EOC didn’t begin…
We’re baaaaaaack
We have so much to share: Santa Rosa County had its fifth COVID-19 fatality yesterday. County Administrator Janice Gilley has told commissioners that she plans…
Who protects our senior citizens?
Southern Oaks Fallout Inweekly’s report on the COVID-19 virus in local nursing homes has been picked up and amplified by other local media. WEAR TV…
Last post for Wednesday, April 15
Inweekly has received notes from people who have loved ones in local nursing homes. The facilities we named today aren’t the only ones with residents…
Breaking news: Southern Oaks is the COVID-19 infected nursing home in SitRep
Through a public record request submitted by our attorney Eric Stevenson, Inweekly has learned the infected nursing home reported in the SitReps for April 3-6…
What I learned after reading 38 SitReps
Inweekly requested every SitRep (situation report) created by the Escambia Emergency Operations Center since it was activated on March 17–a total of 38 reports. The…
Inweekly isn’t the only newspaper fighting to identify infected nursing homes
Escambia County cases in long-term care facilities continue to grow – now 43, up 4 since last night. Â The LTC Â cases make half of…
COVID-19: What’s happening around the state
Nursing Home Visitation Ban The News Service of Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration was caught by surprise Tuesday to learn that a 30-day executive order…
COVID-19: What you need to know Weds. morning
Escambia County now has 48 positive COVID-19 cases among residents and staff at local long-term care facilities – up 40 from last Tuesday, April 7….
COVID-19: Last Tuesday report
Escambia County had its fourth death today – one of 47Â people who died since 11 a.m. Â in Broward, Dade, Duval, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Orange, Palm…
DOH Escambia refuses to answer questions
Inweekly reported this morning that Governor Ron DeSantis has created 10 four-man teams to ramp up testing in the long-term care facilities. Most will be…
Possibly some good news
I’m a numbers guy so I began to dig a little deeper into the statistics that the Florida Department of Health as provided us. In…
COVID-19: Tuesday mid-day report
The number of new cases statewide slowed over the past 24 hours – only 766. The new total is 21,367. Â However deaths jumped by 54…
COVID-19: Tuesday morning read
At his press briefing on Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state would step up its support of long-term care facilities infected with the COVID-19…
Escambia nursing homes jump to 39 COVID-19 cases
According to the Monday evening report from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County now has 39 positive COVID-19 cases in local long-term care facilities…
Small Business recovery grants program
Escambia County and the City of Pensacola, in partnership with the UWF Small Business Development Center, FloridaWest EDA and the Greater Pensacola Chamber, have created…
Innisfree Hotels donates 6,300 room nights to health care workers
Doctors, nurses, EMTs, paramedics and other frontline medical staff on the gulf coast will be provided a hotel stay free of charge at Innisfree’s properties…
Presser notes: Mayor says COVID-19 infected nursing home in the city limits
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that he thinks the local senior care facility that has experienced a number of COVID-19…
County administrator continues to refuse to name infected facility
Despite news reports that a Live Oak official named the COVID-19 long-term care facility infected in his community and received help from the state, Â County…
COVID-19 11 a.m. update
Escambia County picked up 11 more cases since 6 p.m. Sunday – total 235.  The state now as 20,601 cases and 470 deaths. While Florida’s…
