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…
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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…
Fortune lists Escambia as hidden COVID hot spot
Fortune magazine published on article on a study that lists 22 counties that have infection rates poised to skyrocket, despite their currently not having large numbers of confirmed cases. Escambia County is on…
New mobile testing site opens at UWF
At the request of the Governor’s office, the direction of the Florida Department of Emergency Management with the support of the Florida Department of Health,  a new mobile testing site at the…
Safe-at-home ends Monday, new rules, testing infrastructure faltering
Yesterday, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-111 that extended Safe-at-Home – Executive Orders 20-87 and 20-91 -until 12:01 am Monday May 4. He also issued Executive Order 20-112, regarding the Governor’s…
Florida Department of Health hasn’t updated nursing home data in two days
In its 1:27 pm update, the Florida Department of Health released a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active cases in each facility in order to…
COVID-19: Wednesday noon report
Florida topped 33K COVID-19 cases and the death toll is over 1,200. Â Escambia County had 11 new cases, approaching 500. According to the FDOH dashboard, DOH Escambia entered 140 new test results…
What Dr. Lanza told the BCC
Dr. John Lanza addressed the Escambia Board of County Commissioners at its special meeting on reopening the beaches. He said the percentage of positive cases was encouraging. “When you look at the…
COVID-19: Wednesday a.m.
Time is Right Sheriff David Morgan addressed the county commissioner yesterday while the board was debating when and how to reopen the beaches. He said he was reminded a quote by President…
COVID-19: Tuesday afternoon report
According to the latest FDOH report, DOH Escambia entered 113 COVID-19 test results into the Merlin system since the April 27 report.* Â Of those, 15 results were positive – 13.3%, rising the…