Category: Health

Some*  believe that the low number of hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Escambia County is an indication the virus isn’t a threat to our community.  We…

The Escambia County Commission will vote tomorrow whether to re-open the county’s public beaches. Commissioner Doug Underhill wants them open and also has advocated in…

DOH reports that,  as of 6 p.m. March 31, there are 6,741 total Florida cases. While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the…

Though the coronavirus is expected to peak in the U.S.  by April, Florida will see its peak well after that, according to a model by…

Per the DOH Dashboard – 11:30 a.m. March 31, Escambia went up 51 cases in the past 24 hours. The state is up 865 cases…

Mayor Defends Hospital Leaders At yesterday’s presser, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson addressed the smear campaign at the county to discredit local health care leaders. Inweekly:…

The drive-through and walk-up COVID-19 testing site at Brownsville Community Center, located at 3200 W. De Soto St., will be closed Tuesday, March 31 due to…

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Nudging down a bit, the Pensacola area’s percentage of COVID-19 tests yielding positive results is running about five percent. “Glad to…

As of 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 30,  Escambia County moved into the Top 12 list of Florida counties with positive COVID-19 cases. Escambia has the…

A group of students from the University of Wisconsin – Madison have tested positive for coronavirus after a spring break trip to Alabama’s beaches. The…

From Mayor Grover Robinson: Just received from Sacred Heart for their drive in. 3/30 4:55 PM 2,276 total test taken 1,879 test returned. 99 positive…

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is imposing a regional “safer at home” set of guidelines for Southeast Florida…

Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill sent out a mass email to county voters from his voteunderhill@gmail.com account that states: “Our environment is not as conducive to…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Hundreds of thousands of Northwest Florida residents and businesses could get a break on their…

As NorthEscambia.com reported this weekend: Escambia County, Community Health Northwest Florida and Ascension Sacred Heart have partnered to open a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at…

From DOH: Today, as of 11 a.m., there are 5,473 total Florida cases. While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the percent of…

There is a whisper campaign inside the Escambia County administration to smear the heads of Baptist Health Care and Ascension Sacred Heart as the Board…

  DOH reported Sunday night that the state’s total COVID-19 cases is 912, a 22.6% increase since Saturday.  Escambia County added 8 case, 29.6% jump;…

Inweekly spoke with Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan tonight. The sheriff said his agency learned of its first positive COVID-19 test result today. The employee…

Gov. Ron DeSantis has blocked a reporter from the state’s largest newspapers from his press conferences. Mary Ellen Klas, who serves as the Miami Herald’s…