Category: Health

As per the 11 a.m EDT DOH Dashboard, the COVID-19 cases surpassed 15K in the past 24 hours – new total 15,456.  Escambia County increased…

City Yard Waste Pickup Running Behind Schedule Due to a significant increase in yard waste being placed curbside for pickup in recent weeks, City of…

According to yesterday’s situation report (SITREP) from the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center, a Level II response team has been requested for “an ALF that…

Two days after Inweekly reported that West Florida Hospital had collected less than three-percent of all COVID-19 specimens, the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center reports…

Last week, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington School of Medicine released a model that projected the COVID-19 pandemic…

With nearly all of the 50 states in some form of lockdown to fight the spread of COVID-19, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the…

According to latest DOH dashboard (10 a.m. April 7), Escambia County has reported 29 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours –24 since 6…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With Mayor Grover Robinson currently quarantining himself, the regular Monday morning press conference was conducted virtually this week. “Welcome to a…

According to the latest data from DOH (6 p.m. April 6), Escambia County has two more COVID-19 cases tied to long-term care facilities, bringing the total…

According to the latest data from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County had 16 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. As the…

Commissioner Doug Underhill reports: “With the exception of the spike when the big data dump came in on the 30th which cleared the backlog, the…

While the Escambia Board of County Commissioners and Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson want to punt on listing any non-essential businesses that should be closed under…

DOH reports positive COVID-19 cases have surpassed 13K – up 1,173 in the past 24 hours.  No increase shown  in Escambia and Okaloosa counties, which…

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Two inmates at a Northwest Florida prison have tested positive for COVID-19, the Florida Department…

By Jeremy Morrison In an effort to address the shortage of frontline supplies for healthcare workers as they tend to the current coronavirus pandemic, the…

At its April 2 regular meeting, the Escambia County Commission had little appetite for issuing an emergency order closing any business—except for bingo parlors and…

DOH reported Sunday evening that the positive cases are now at 12,350 and the death toll is 221.  On Sunday, March 29, Florida had only…

Tonight, WEAR-TV Channel 3, Sinclair’s ABC affiliate in the Pensacola-Mobile market, announced that COVID-19 virus has infected their newsroom. Anchor Sue Straughn reported at 5…

From Escambia EOC: As of 10 a.m., April 5, Escambia County has had 125 positive COVID-19 cases. This number is expected to change daily due…

Last week, I received this Facebook message from a local health care worker (HCW) that offers a perspective on those on the frontlines in this…