Category: Health
COVID-19: Friday morning update
DOH has changed its COVID-19 dashboard. The board now shows Florida residents – 2,359 positive cases but excludes non-residents – 125 cases. It appears state…
Baptist reports two hospitalizations
From their afternoon update: “We have two presumptive positive patients in our care at Gulf Breeze Hospital and one presumptive positive patient in our care…
COVID-19: Mid-afternoon report
As of 11 a.m., DOH reported five more people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Clay, Hillsborough and Orange counties. Last night, Â Pinellas…
Lanza didn’t say open the beaches
At his Wednesday morning “Coffee with the Commissioner,” Commissioner Jeff Bergosh said his vote to close public beaches at Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach were…
City asks for help on testing passengers at the airport
While Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order requiring air travelers from New York and New Jersey to be quarantined for 14 days, Mayor…
Ascension Sacred Heart has tested 1,700 people
As of yesterday, Ascension Sacred Heart has performed the nasal swab tests on 1,700 patients at its drive-thru facility as of Wednesday. “We’ve been running…
COVID-19: Thursday a.m.
BY THE NUMBERS: CORONAVIRUS — WEDNESDAY EVENING EDITION By News Service of Florida Staff TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health released updated numbers Wednesday…
Escambia County Government: Safest or Most Dangerous Place to Work
Late yesterday afternoon, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan shared with Inweekly that he has a total of 38 Escambia County Sheriff’s Office personnel under 14-day…
COVID-19: March 25 afternoon update
Santa Rosa WIC Changes Hours Milton, Fla.— In response to the governor’s directive to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Florida Department…
Orange County starts stay-at-home today; Broward should not be our model
Orange County began the implementation of a stay-at-home order today. Residents can leave their homes: To buy groceries, To order takeout, To buy supplies to…
COVID-19: More cases and death
Florida DOH reported the state has 265 more cases as of 11 a.m. EDT, when compared to 11 a.m. Tuesday. Escambia County has 14 positive…
Baptist to set up another COVID-19 testing site
Baptist Health Care CEO Mark Faulkner told Inweekly this morning that his system is looking at setting up a second testing clinic for COVID-19 in…
Fauci: Testing is vital to mitigation
At yesterday’s White House briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talked about why the testing for COVID-19…
Viewpoint: Time is Up for Bold Action on Coronavirus
By Nikki Fried Two months ago, we were celebrating the dawn of a new decade. One month ago, while a new virus ravaged China and…
Florida death count rises; Escambia has 14 cases
As of 6 p.m. EDT, DOH reports Florida has 1,467 positive COVID cases — up 50 since 11 a.m. –and  20 deaths –up 2.  Escambia…
Coffee with Commissioner Bergosh goes virtual
Join District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh at his virtual Coffee with the Commissioner Event tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25. The live stream will take place from…
COVID-19: More positive results for Escambia; who’s checking Chicago flights and more
THE BUZZ: Inweekly is hearing that Escambia County has gotten back four more positive coronavirus test results, increasing the total to 14. Â More results may…
COVID-19: Florida picks up another 265 cases,
As 11 a.m. EDT, Florida has 1,412 positive cases, up 265 from last night. Â Escambia County has an additional case, total 10. Â Santa Rosa is…
Presser notes: Fighting the fear; The ‘dog’ don’t hunt (video)
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Opening his weekly presser Monday morning, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson focused on a key element of the current COVID-19 coronavirus ordeal:…
COVID-19: Escambia County now has 9 cases, more than double since Sunday
As Ascension Sacred Heart president Dawn Rudolph predicted last week at Mayor Grover Robinson’s presser, Escambia County is tracking at about 10 percent positive on…
