Weekly Report on Leon County COVID Cases Shows Declining Trends

Weekly Report on Leon County COVID Cases Shows Declining Trends

TR’s weekly report (September 21-27th) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates shows declines in all three categories. TR’s September 20th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases declined from 130 on September 20th to 78 cases on September 27th, a 40% drop. […]

DeSantis Lifts COVID-19 Business Restrictions

DeSantis Lifts COVID-19 Business Restrictions

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted state COVID-19 business restrictions Friday, including limits on the numbers of people who can dine in restaurants, while also prohibiting local governments from closing restaurants and collecting fines from people who don’t wear face masks in public. DeSantis said the move […]

Sales of Existing Homes Fall 7.5% in August, Prices Up

Sales of Existing Homes Fall 7.5% in August, Prices Up

Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were down 7.5% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 332 single-family home resales in August 2019 and 307 resales in August 2020. Last month there were 317 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in August 2020 increased […]

August Employment Rebounds, Still Down 12,700 Jobs

August Employment Rebounds, Still Down 12,700 Jobs

The latest employment information shows that Leon County added 6,378 jobs in August. One year ago Leon County added 4,989 jobs. The unemployment in August was 5.6%. One year ago the unemployment rate was 3.4%. The unemployment last month was 8.6% The number of people working in August, 2020 decreased when compared to last year. […]

Airport Passenger Traffic Falls in August

Airport Passenger Traffic Falls in August

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on air travel. The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic decreased 65.5% in August when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 70,937 during August 2019 to 24,444 this year. Last month passenger traffic […]

COVID Zip Code Report for Week Ending September 19

COVID Zip Code Report for Week Ending September 19

Last week TR’s COVID zip code report showed a spike of over 479 cases in 32304. Our latest report shows a spike of 327 cases in 32304 for the week ending September 19th. The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a five week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Zip code […]

COVID Zip Code Report for Week Ending September 12

COVID Zip Code Report for Week Ending September 12

Last week TR’s COVID zip code report showed a spike of over 600 cases in 32304. Our latest report shows a spike of 479 cases in 32304 for the week ending September 12th. The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a four week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Zip […]

Drinking in Bars, Breweries Returns Monday

Drinking in Bars, Breweries Returns Monday

By Jim Turner, Dara Kam The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida bars can open the taps again Monday. Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears announced Thursday he was rescinding an emergency order that prevented onsite consumption of alcohol at bars amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Beginning Monday, these vendors may operate […]