Updated at 3 p.m. March 29:
For prior updates, visit myescambia.com/news#coronavirus.
Vaccination Information:
- Ascension Sacred Heart-
As the State of Florida open eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccines, Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart will meet the need with a series of vaccination clinics in Pensacola and Milton that will be open to anyone 18 and older.
Clinics will be held at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola on:
- April 5 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- April 8 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- April 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- April 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- April 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- April 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Online appointments can be made at www.GetSacredHeartCare.com. The clinics will offer either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, which require two shots about 3-4 weeks apart.
- Baptist Health Care- Baptist Health Care has received an ample supply of COVID-19 vaccine and is offering appointments at Baptist Medical Park – Nine Mile located at 9400 University Parkway in Pensacola and at Baptist Medical Park – Navarre located at 8888 Navarre Parkway in Navarre. More than 2,000 appointments are available, and Baptist continues to receive supply. Vaccinations will be given by appointment only to those who meet Florida eligibility criteria.
Beginning March 29, COVID-19 vaccinations are designated for Florida residents who are one of the following:
- Age 40 or older
- Medically vulnerable with prescribed State of Florida form that must be completed and signed by a physician. Form is available at ebaptisthealthcare.org/easyschedule.
- Health care workers*
- Preschool, K-12 school or day care employees of any age*
*People who are in one of the allowable workforce groups must present an ID badge or proof of employment at the appointment.
Beginning April 5, all Florida residents age 18 or older will be eligible to receive the vaccine.
How to Make a Vaccination Appointment
Appointments can be made one of three ways:
- Visit EasySchedule.com. Click “procedure appointment” and complete the registration.
- Email name and contact information to BHCVaccine@bhcpns.org.
- For those who do not have email/internet access, call 850.908.SHOT (7468), Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Community Health Northwest Florida-
Community Health Northwest Florida will hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Pensacola this week at the Brownsville Community Center. Appointments are required for most clinics. Eligible persons who wish to participate in one of these events should call the Community Health COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center at 850-439-3358 to schedule an appointment.
Tuesday, March 30
-
Location: Brownsville Community Center
-
Time: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
-
APPOINTMENTS REQUIRED - Call 850-439-3358
-
Vaccine: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine – First dose (of two)
Wednesday, March 31
-
Location: Brownsville Community Center
-
Time: 1 – 5 p.m.
-
APPOINTMENTS REQUIRED - Call 850-439-3358
-
Vaccine: Johnson and Johnson "One Shot" Vaccine
These clinics are open to all Florida residents who qualify to receive the vaccine, including those covered under the Governor’s latest Executive Orders. Currently, the amended order expands the groups eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida to include all people age 40 and older, people who are "medically vulnerable", and individuals who hold specific jobs that put them at high risk.
- Florida Department of Health, Escambia County- FDOH-Escambia will schedule appointments based on supply availability. For the most up-to-date information, follow them on Twitter at @HealthyEscambia and visit EscambiaHealth.com. Escambia County residents should use the statewide preregistration system to sign up for vaccination. Residents can call the toll-free line at 866-201-1025 or register online at myvaccine.fl.gov. The TTY number for the deaf and hard of hearing is 833-476-1461. Registrants will be notified when appointments are available in their area. The State has established a help line at 833-959-0217 for those who need to make changes to their original pre-registration.
- This pre-registration system will proactively contact vaccine-eligible individuals to schedule appointments when they are available at health department or emergency management vaccine sites. Appointments are opened based upon the vaccine supply received each week from the State of Florida. Please be aware that when Sharecare calls or texts you to schedule an appointment, they will NOT ask for financial information or social security information.
- Florida- Sign up for text message updates about the vaccine and distribution by texting "FLCOVID19" to 888777. After you submit the text message, it will ask you to supply your zip code for local-level updates. Information about the statewide vaccine distribution plan can be found at floridahealthcovid19.gov/covid-19-vaccines-in-florida/.
The Federal Retail Pharmacy Program
- CVS- CVS Health is partnering with several local state and federal programs to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible populations. Appointments will be available as they receive vaccines from these programs.
- Register in advance at CVS.com or through the CVS Pharmacy app. People without online access can contact CVS customer service at (800) 746-7287.
- Walk-in vaccinations without an appointment will not be provided.
- Publix - Publix is opening its online reservation system for COVID 19 vaccination appointments at all 730 of its in-store Florida pharmacies, including the addition of 136 stores in Broward and Miami Dade counties. Publix will continue to announce appointment dates. Monitor Publix's online portal here.
Escambia County
- Hospital Information totals
- Hospitalizations 22 (current hospitalizations as of 2:30 p.m. March 28, 2021)
- Bed Capacity 1,397 (county SITREP)
- Bed Occupancy 1,128 (county SITREP)
- Beds Available 488 (as of 2:30 p.m. March 29, 2021)
- Total Ventilators 215 (as of 2:30 p.m. March 29, 2021)
- Available Ventilators 142 (as of 2:30 p.m. March 29, 2021)
- Recovered 33,201* (Approximate: total cases prior to last month minus deaths)
- To view the county's Crude Case-Recovery Risk and a detailed explanation of the formula by which it is calculated, visit the Escambia County COVID-19 dashboard. The current Crude Case-Recovery Risk is 97.88% (as of 2:30 p.m. March 29, 2021)
- Testing sites
- Community Health Northwest Florida now offers drive-through COVID-19 testing three days per week from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Mondays at 2315 W. Jackson St., Pensacola
- Wednesdays at Cantonment Pediatrics, 470 S. US Hwy 29 in Cantonment
- Fridays at 2315 W. Jackson St., Pensacola
-
For send out tests, no appointment is required.
-
For rapid tests (for symptomatic individuals), appointment is required; please call the CHNWF Covid-19 testing call center at 850-390-4276.
- Rapid testing information
- Appointments are available for Escambia County residents who are 3 months and older and are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Patients desiring COVID-19 testing through Ascension Sacred Heart's locations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should pre-register online by visiting: www.getsacredheartcare.com to be pre-screened and scheduled (if eligible) or call Community Health Northwest Florida at 850-390-4276. Rapid testing is offered for symptomatic individuals by appointment only.
- Escambia County dashboard
Escambia County Corrections
- Cumulatively, 1,288 Escambia County inmates have been tested:
- 246 positive (220 have been medically cleared, and 22 have been released from custody, leaving 4 active, positive cases at this time)
- 1042 negative
- 0 pending
- At the Walton County jail, 29 Escambia County inmates tested positive out of the 146 inmates housed there.
Florida Department of Health in Escambia County
- Pursuant to EO 21-47, the State Department has published a form for physicians to certify that they have determined an individual to be extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 and eligible to receive the vaccine. Click here to access the form.
- Escambia County residents should use the statewide preregistration system to sign up for vaccination. Residents can call the toll-free line at 866-201-1025 or preregister online at myvaccine.fl.gov. The TTY number for the deaf and hard of hearing is 833-476-1461. Registrants will be notified when appointments are available in their area.
-
The State has established a help line at 833-959-0217 for those who need to make changes to their original pre-registration. This pre-registration system will proactively contact vaccine-eligible individuals to schedule appointments when they are available at health department or emergency management vaccine sites.
-
Appointments are opened based upon the vaccine supply received each week from the State of Florida. Please be aware that when ShareCare calls you to schedule an appointment, they will NOT ask for financial information or social security information.
- If you have pre-registered, we ask for your patience. The demand is high, and the supply is currently limited. As we received vaccine, we work to schedule appointments as quickly as we can. We encourage residents to take advantage of opportunities offered through other partners to get vaccinated.
- State Surgeon General Scott Rivkees issued a Public Health Advisory on January 21 prioritizing vaccines for residents of the State of Florida or individuals in Florida for the purpose of providing health care services involving direct contact with patients.
- FDOH-Escambia highlights recent efforts in providing the COVID-19 vaccine in Escambia County.
- FDOH-Escambia announced this week’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan in Escambia County.
- Florida has launched a COVID-19 Vaccine Report that will be updated daily. As of March 29, 69,968 Escambia County residents have been vaccinated.
- The Florida Department of Health (the Department) issued a Public Health Advisory recommending the following: all individuals in Florida should wear face coverings in any setting where social distancing is not possible and all individuals should refrain from participation in social or recreational gatherings of more than 10 people.
- As of 2 p.m., March 29, Escambia County has had 34,782 positive COVID-19 cases. This number is expected to change daily due to the return of results from ongoing testing. The best source for up-to-date information regarding confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida is the Florida Department of Health website and the associated Data and Surveillance Dashboard and Daily Report. The site is currently updated once daily, at around 3 p.m. ET.
- The total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Escambia County residents is 664 individuals.
- The Department releases a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active cases and number of deaths in each facility in order to provide real-time data. The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here.
Florida Division of Emergency Management
- The State of Florida Provided Week 15 Updates of vaccine distribution. The Florida Department of Health issued an update on the progress of the state's vaccination efforts, as well as its weekly COVID-19 update.
- Beginning today Monday, March 29, each of the four federally-supported vaccine sites in Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and Miami will be able to administer 3,000 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine per day. To make this change, Governor DeSantis directed the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Florida Department of Health to allocate state vaccine allocations to these federal sites.
- Additionally, the four federally-supported sites will remain open for four additional weeks. These sites were previously expected to close on April 28 and will now close on May 26. To keep these sites open, the sites will utilize state vaccine allocations.
-
The four federally-supported sites are listed below:
- Tampa Greyhound Track
755 E. Waters Ave.
Tampa, FL 33604
- Valencia College – West Campus
1800 S. Kirkman Road
Orlando, FL 32811
- Gateway Mall
5200 Norwood Ave.
Jacksonville, FL 32208
- Miami Dade Community College – North Campus
11380 NW 27th
Miami, FL 33167
These large, federally-supported sites are a critical part of the state’s efforts to expand vaccine access as more Floridians become eligible for the vaccine. Each of these sites was opened in order to provide the vaccine in underserved communities, and Florida was the first state in the nation to open large federal sites using a walk-up model and was the first state to use a hub and spoke model to reach more underserved areas. To date, these sites have vaccinated more than 300,000 individuals.
- FDEM is seeking volunteers that can administer the vaccine such as doctors, nurses and physician assistants. Please register at www.merits.com/fdem-volunteers, choose the county and then signup.
Governor's Press Office
