The Community Health mobile unit tested 177 people yesterday at Morris Court – with no pre-screening required. Â Since Tuesday, the mobile unit collected nearly 600 specimens. Â The Ascension Sacred Heart’s mobile unit…
The Weekly Checkup: Nursing homes cautious about state reopening
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida Long-term care providers confronted by a sizable number of deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic are more wary than others about reopening Florida’s health…
New Escambia County death tied to LTC
FDOH reports that , as of 10 a.m. EDT today, the state had 95 more COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths among residents and staff in long-term care facilities. Escambia County had…
Escambia has another COVID death, state tops 30K cases
Florida’s COVID-19 cases surpassed 30K and death toll is over a thousand as of 11 a.m. EDT today. Escambia County had another COVID-19 death – new total 11, and eight more hospitalizations…
Over a third of COVID cases in Escambia are LTC workers
As of 11 a.m. yesterday, long-term care facilities in Escambia had 142 individuals staff members that had tested positive for COVID-19 and have accounted for 38% of all the county’s resident cases,…
COVID-19: Last Thursday post
Florida Dept. of Health has identified another long-term care facility in Escambia County that has a positive COVID-19 case – Bayside Health And Rehabilitation Center, 4343 Langley Ave. The COVID-19 stats barely…
Nursing homes, hospitals and physicians seek legal immunity
By Christine Sexton, News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Ron DeSantis looks to open the state back up, he is being pushed by health-care providers to shield them from lawsuits…
Andrade, Robinson host virtual town hall
by Jeremy Morrison State Rep. Alex Andrade and Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson conducted a joint, online town hall Wednesday evening, where the two officials spoke about issues pertaining to the COVID-19 coronavirus…
DOH Escambia, EOC to hold press briefing
The media has been invited to a virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams today at 2:30 p.m. to discuss data reporting. Dr. John Lanza, director of the Florida Department of Health in Escambia…
LTCs, Lanza and Local Spike
Escambia County’s positive COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities increased by 40 in past 24 hours, four since 6 p.m. Wednesday. Statewide, Florida had 53 new cases in LTCs in the past…
Pensacola considers band-aid for trees
by Jeremy Morrison The Pensacola City Council this week is considering tweaking the city’s landscape and tree protection plan section of its Land Development Code. The measure is intended as a Band-Aid…
COVID-19: Mid-morning update
The FDOH dashboard has Escambia County picking up only four new cases since late Wednesday. Santa Rosa has three fewer cases. I wish we could explain it, but that’s what the EOC…
COVID-19: Business updates
The Escambia County Emergency Operations Center has established the Economic Reset Working Group to provide the business community with current and relevant information and resources to assist them in their recovery efforts….
Grab a cup of coffee, this will blow your mind (update)
County/DOH LTC Numbers On Saturday, April 18, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida of Department of Health released the list of long-term care facilities in the state – of which Escambia County…
Escambia among top five counties for nursing home cases
The Florida Department of Health reports tonight that Escambia County has 138 cases, up 36 from the 11 a.m. numbers and 68 from 6 p.m. Tuesday. The totals move the county into…
Pensacola’s 5G infrastructure taking shape
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Telecommunication companies are currently sizing up the city of Pensacola and mapping out 5G infrastructure plans. The new infrastructure is necessary in order to support new 5G cellular…
Ms. Gilley, it’s time to hold a press briefing
For two decades, every time the Emergency Operations Center was activated, Escambia County held regular press briefings to explain what was happening -whether it was a hurricane, oil flood, ice storm, flood…
COVID-19 cases in local nursing homes top 100
FDOH shows the county has 102 cases among residents and staff at local long-term care facilities. The increase of 32 cases since 6 Â p.m. Tuesday is most likely from the specimens taken…
Hospitals okay limited opening of beaches
Hospitals Support Opening Beaches Baptist Health Care CEO Mark Faulkner told Inweekly this morning that area hospitals will be sending an email to the Santa Rosa and Escambia county commissions recommending they…
Gulf Power to disappear
FPL, GULF POWER PLAN MERGER By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a move that would create a utility with customers from Miami to Pensacola, Florida Power &…