Maybe a better way to look at the spread of the coronavirus in Escambia County is to look at only Escambia County residents that have been tested – 629 positive cases of…
Tuesday noon update
Escambia County only had one additional case today, which was a non-Florida resident. DOH Escambia entered 287 new test results. 5/25/20 5/26/20 Increase Total Cases 51746 52255 509 0.98% Florida Residents…
Federal judge clears way for felons to vote
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Forida TALLAHASSEE — Opening the door for hundreds of thousands of convicted felons to be added to Florida’s voting rolls, a federal judge on Sunday…
Oakbridge Terrace at Azalea Trace data wrong
On Saturday, the Florida Department of Health reported that Oakbridge Terrace at Azalea Trace had 42 COVID-19 cases. Â Dr. John Lanza, who heads the Escambia County branch of the Department of Health,…
Memorial Weekend Recap
Over Memorial Day weekend, Escambia County had 28 new COVID-19 cases and an additional death. DOH Escambia entered 2,093 new test results into its Merlin system – 1.3% were positive. Â As of…
DeSantis gives green light to youth activities
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he is lifting coronavirus-related restrictions on youth activities, including summer camps and athletic events, because he…
Escambia County has another COVID death, total 25
Escambia County has six more COVID-19 cases and one more death – total 25. DOH Escambia entered 298 new test results – 2% positive. 5/21/20 5/22/20 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Increase Total…
Friday a.m. briefing
CDC No Longer Worried About COVID on Surfaces Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its “How COVID-19 Spreads†section on its website to say touching COVID-19 contaminated objects or surfaces doesn’t…
Backroom briefing: Test Question
By Ana Ceballos and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed to expand testing of Floridians to see how widely the coronavirus has spread across…
Thursday noon update
Escambia County has 11 more cases and three additional COVID-19 related deaths. A boatload of new test results are recored today, 1,172 – 1% positive. Â To date, Escambia County has tested 15,642…
Grand Jury appeal by former ECUA attorney, not board
After two years, the public finally got a peek an Escambia County Grand Jury report concerning the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority when the 1st District Court of Appeals issued its opinion on…
Thursday a.m briefing
More Testing Sites FDOH-Escambia announced a new drive-thru testing site at Pensacola State College Warrington Campus, 5555 Highway 98 West. It is free to all Florida residents and scheduled to open this…
The Good News Issue
Because “unprecedented times†call for unprecedented levels of optimism, we decided to go all in and make this very special special issue. Welcome to Inweekly’s first ever Good News Only Issue. Hopefully…
What’s happened while you’ve been working
Escambia County only added four more COVID-19 cases today. However, Santa Rosa had 11 more cases — the most in a single day since April 17. Â Escambia has six more hospitalizations than…
Wednesday morning briefing
According to a new study, Escambia County is lucky to have so many COVID-19 testing sites because 54% of counties nationwide don’t. Castlight, a health software company, performed an analysis of its…
ECUA appeal fails miserably
Update: ECUA did not file the appeal. It was filed by attorney Bradley Odom, who no longer is the attorney for the utility. The 1st DCA rejected the Emerald Coast Utility Authority’s…
Drive-thru and mobile testing shows COVID-19 spread has been mitigated
The analysis of COVID-19 of  the mobile and drive-thru testing sites of Sacred Heart appears to show the virus hasn’t spread much to the general population in Escambia County.  I use the…
Tuesday briefing: Fla. COVID-19 analyst removed; nursing homes stealing stimulus checks
For the past couple weeks. I’ve mentioned irregularities with the FDOH COVID-19 dashboard–most recently the long delay in updating the COVID reports last Friday. Florida Today reports Rebekah Jones, architect and manager of…
State eyes plans for reopening university campuses
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State university system Chancellor Marshall Criser next week will present guidelines for reopening university campuses in the fall, after students were sent…
COVID-19 testing at Escambia sites down about a third in May
As Escambia County reopens, area hospitals have collected fewer specimens, down about a third from April averages. Â Since March through May 7, Ascension Sacred Heart, Baptist Health and West Florida Hospital collected…