Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19: Santa Rosa sets record for most new cases in a day
According to the 6 p.m. DOH Dashboard, Florida now has 16826 COVID-19 cases (up 1,128 over the past 24 hours) and 371 deaths (up 48)….
Escambia County has another COVID-19 death
According to the DOH Dashboard for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, Escambia County had another COVID-19 death, bringing total to three. Â The county now has…
COVID-19: Mid-afternoon update
Collecting Plasma OneBlood, the not-for-profit blood center, is actively collecting plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus so it can be transfused to…
Gilley looking at how to reopen beaches
At the virtual “Coffee with the Commissioner” this morning, County Administrator Janice Gilley said she’s looking at ways to reopen beaches in Escambia County, even…
Latest COVID data and a free burger
As per the 11 a.m EDT DOH Dashboard, the COVID-19 cases surpassed 15K in the past 24 hours – new total 15,456. Â Escambia County increased…
COVID-19: Wednesday morning update
City Yard Waste Pickup Running Behind Schedule Due to a significant increase in yard waste being placed curbside for pickup in recent weeks, City of…
Escambia Co. Assisted Living Facility: ‘High risk for an outbreak’
According to yesterday’s situation report (SITREP) from the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center, a Level II response team has been requested for “an ALF that…
Local hospitals set record for COVID-19 collections
Two days after Inweekly reported that West Florida Hospital had collected less than three-percent of all COVID-19 specimens, the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center reports…
Escambia COVID-19 cases far from flattening
According to latest DOH dashboard (10 a.m. April 7), Escambia County has reported 29 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours –24 since 6…
COVID-19: Latest overnight info and charts
According to the latest data from DOH (6 p.m. April 6), Escambia County has two more COVID-19 cases tied to long-term care facilities, bringing the total…
What Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill is hiding from you
According to the latest data from the Florida Department of Health, Escambia County had 16 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. As the…
COVID-19: Underhill draws a misleading chart
Commissioner Doug Underhill reports: “With the exception of the spike when the big data dump came in on the 30th which cleared the backlog, the…
In a leadership void, readers want answers
While the Escambia Board of County Commissioners and Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson want to punt on listing any non-essential businesses that should be closed under…
Two Milton area prison inmates test positive
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Two inmates at a Northwest Florida prison have tested positive for COVID-19, the Florida Department…
Bingo bounced back to DeSantis
At its April 2 regular meeting, the Escambia County Commission had little appetite for issuing an emergency order closing any business—except for bingo parlors and…
COVID-19 pandemic becomes more real locally
DOH reported Sunday evening that the positive cases are now at 12,350 and the death toll is 221. Â On Sunday, March 29, Florida had only…
Nurses exhausted but crushing it
Last week, I received this Facebook message from a local health care worker (HCW) that offers a perspective on those on the frontlines in this…
Sunday, April 5 COVID-19 update
As of Saturday, April 4 at 6 p.m. EDT, Florida edged closer t0 12K cases, up 1,277 in the past 24 hours. Â Deaths increased by…
Escambia has first COVID-19 death, state surpasses 11K cases
According the DOH 11:30 a.m. EDT report, Escambia County had its first death related to COVID-19, and hospitalizations have increase from five Friday 6:30 p.m….
How many cases are in your zip code area?
On Friday, the Florida Department of Health updated its online dashboard to provide additional information and functionality. Now included in the dashboard is a map…
