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How accurate is the Florida Department of Health’s report on the COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities? According to the city of Gulf Breeze, the…

Santa Rosa County has another COVID-19 death – bringing total to six. Escambia County is holding at four but hospitalizations have increased to 24. The…

The city of Gulf Breeze issued this announcement yesterday: As of April 16, the City of Gulf Breeze has nine active COVID-19 positive patients. This…

Note:  Three of the four COVID-19 deaths in Escambia County have been tied to nursing homes.  However, the county SitReps should the EOC didn’t begin…

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…

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…

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…

Statement on Attucks Court from the Area Housing Commission and the City of Pensacola On Sunday, April 12, a large group gathered at the Attucks…

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…

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…

Escambia County cases in long-term care facilities continue to grow – now 43, up 4 since last night.   The LTC  cases make half of…

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…

From UWF Historic Trust: Help future researchers by creating and sharing your COVID-19 journal. In the coming years researchers will be looking for information about…

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….

Escambia County had its fourth death today – one of 47 people who died since 11 a.m.  in Broward, Dade, Duval, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Orange, Palm…

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…

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…

The number of new cases statewide slowed over the past 24 hours – only 766. The new total is 21,367.  However deaths jumped by 54…

From the Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida: It seems harmless and fun! A bunch of friends on Facebook or other social media are sharing…

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…