Florida and Escambia County have seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases over the past three days. The state has reported 6,499 new cases and 83 additional cases. Escambia County has reported 41…
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COVID cases spike again – 29 new cases
Escambia County has 29 new COVID-19 cases – most in a single day since May 3. Â Of the new cases, Â only one is a non-Florida resident. The trend is still upward. Â For…
Escambia has 16 new cases
Escambia County has 16 more COVID-19 cases – total 907. Florida now has 66,000 cases – up 26,001 cases from May 9. On May 9, Escambia County had only four new cases….
Thursday a.m. briefing
I had a phone conversation with Christine Freer, DOH Escambia PIO, and sent her my spreadsheet on the spike in COVID-19 cases from May 30-June 2. We are trying to find out…
Bars, theaters, tattoo shops open Friday
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Bars, tattoo shops and movie theaters can partially reopen Friday in most of the state, as Gov. Ron DeSantis moves into the…
Another COVID-19 death
Escambia County has nine more COVID-19 cases – 69 over the past seven days, year-to-date total 853. Â The county also had one more death – six in the past seven days, year-to-date…
Bars anxious to reopen
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is under increasing pressure to let bar owners again pour spirits and ring the bell for last call. Local…
DOH Escambia says COVID-19 infections may have started 14 days ago
Inweekly has tried to find out why Escambia County has seen 63 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, May 29. We received this response this morning: Rick, We understand your concern about the…
Yikes, Escambia has 16 new COVID-19 cases, 53 over last four days
The Florida Department of Health reported this morning that Escambia County has 16 new COVID-19 cases– 53 news cases since Friday, May 29, Â year-to-date total 844. Â The county also recorded one more…
New COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Escambia, Okaloosa
Escambia has 13 more COVID-19 cases – 37 since Friday, total 828. Â Okaloosa has 9 more – 25 since Friday, total 232. The beaches have been opened and safe-at-home restrictions relaxed for…
Monday a.m. briefing – nursing home heartache
Four weeks after Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties reopened their beaches, Escambia reported 24 new COVID-19 cases and Okaloosa 16 cases. On Wednesday, Santa Rosa County reported 28 new cases. For…
Vote-by-mail in year of coronavirus
Jeremy Morrison reports that when Americans go to the polls to cast their ballots this year, it will be a different election experience. For starters, many people will likely not actually go…
Thursday a.m. briefing
Pandemic EBT Now Available in Florida On Wednesday, I looked into how Escambia County was helping the over 900 children that were fed by the school district through Friday, May 22. Nationally,…
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…
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…
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…
Monday a.m. briefing
Escambia County had seven new positive COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday. DOH Escambia entered 237 new test results — 3% were positive. Last week (May 10-16), Escambia County added 48 cases out…
Thursday morning update
At his Wednesday presser, Gov. Ron DeSantis talked about his efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. Florida has 4,480 LTCs with 151,724 residents. In Escambia County, over…
COVID-19: Last Thursday post
Vacation Rentals Not in Phase One While Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan Wednesday to begin reviving the state’s economy, he continued to prevent people from renting vacation properties because of the…
COVID Thursday noon report
DOH Escambia only entered 149 new tests results since yesterday’s report – positive percentage 6.7%. Â On Tuesday, Dr. Lanza, the head of DOH Escambia, told the Escambia County Commission that the…
