Walton County COVID19 Updates

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June 29
Walton County Emergency Operations Center - Joint Information Center
COVID-19 Case Update

Today, Walton County has 3 additional positive cases.

• 18-yr-old male Florida resident
• 70-yr-old female Florida resident
• 6-yr-old male Florida resident

Walton County's has had 3,274 tests conducted resulting in 213 positives and 3,056 negatives. There has been a total of 9 deaths.

Reminder: These numbers include all collections done by DOH-Walton that are sent to state labs for testing as well as all non-Rapid test positives reported by private labs. Total testing and negative testing numbers do not include all testing by private labs as they may not be submitting, and are not required to submit, those numbers to the state.

****Walton County Emergency Management understands that the Rapid testing results being conducted by private labs and practices are not included in the State dashboard. WCEM is working with the State Department of Health, Department of Health-Walton and Doc Smiley’s office to establish a process to get these numbers included in the State reports.****

Updated demographic information on cumulative cases.

• DeFuniak Springs (104)
• Santa Rosa Beach (46)
• Freeport (16)
• Miramar Beach (11)
• Ponce de Leon (4)
• Paxton-Laurel Hill (1)
• Gaskin (1)
• Westville (1)
• Non-Residents (29)

Data "good" as of this morning, extracted from the Florida COVID Dashboard. Please note with the recent increases, I've had to change scales on these charts.

Big chart fan here =) love some analytics and data!

June 30

Walton County Emergency Operations Center - Joint Information Center - COVID-19 Case Update

Today, Walton County has 32 additional positive cases.

• 32-yr-old female Florida resident
• 19-yr-old male Florida resident
• 23-yr-old female Florida resident
• 49-yr-old female Florida resident
• 55-yr-old female Florida resident
• 56-yr-old male Florida resident
• 18-yr-old female Florida resident
• 76-yr-old male Florida resident
• 19-yr-old female Florida resident
• 25-yr-old male Florida resident
• 36-yr-old male Florida resident
• 17-yr-old female Florida resident
• 20-yr-old female Florida resident
• 67-yr-old male Florida resident
• 49-yr-old female Florida resident
• 61-yr-old male Florida resident
• 54-yr-old female Florida resident
• 21-yr-old female Florida resident
• 53-yr-old male Florida resident
• 31-yr-old male Florida resident
• 37-yr-old male Florida resident
• 20-yr-old male Florida resident
• 18-yr-old male Florida resident
• 95-yr-old female Florida resident
• 28-yr-old female Florida resident
• 47-yr-old male Florida resident
• 29-yr-old female Florida resident
• 28-yr-old female Florida resident
• 22-yr-old female non-Florida resident
• 52-yr-old female non-Florida resident
• 50-yr-old male non-Florida resident
• 20-yr-old male non-Florida resident

Walton County's has had 3,432 tests conducted resulting in 245 positives and 3,182 negatives. There has been a total of 9 deaths.

Reminder: These numbers include all collections done by DOH-Walton that are sent to state labs for testing as well as all non-Rapid test positives reported by private labs. Total testing and negative testing numbers do not include all testing by private labs as they may not be submitting, and are not required to submit, those numbers to the state.

****Walton County Emergency Management understands that the Rapid testing results being conducted by private labs and practices are not included in the State dashboard. WCEM is working with the State Department of Health, Department of Health-Walton and Doc Smiley’s office to establish a process to get these numbers included in the State reports.****

Updated demographic information on cumulative cases.

• DeFuniak Springs (107)
• Santa Rosa Beach (65)
• Freeport (16)
• Miramar Beach (17)
• Ponce de Leon (4)
• Paxton-Laurel Hill (1)
• Gaskin (1)
• Westville (1)
• Non-Residents (33)

I think getting a unified approach to demonstrating safety and care for the health of the public during all of this, covid.. confusion etc.., could bring a lot of positive impact on the community, restaurants, employees and employers, locals and visitors. We thrive on our industry, let's do right and show everyone in the country we know how and care about keeping people safe and businesses functioning. Just a thought

June 30

Walton County Emergency Operations Center - Joint Information Center - COVID-19 Case Update

Today, Walton County has 32 additional positive cases.

• 32-yr-old female Florida resident
• 19-yr-old male Florida resident
• 23-yr-old female Florida resident
• 49-yr-old female Florida resident
• 55-yr-old female Florida resident
• 56-yr-old male Florida resident
• 18-yr-old female Florida resident
• 76-yr-old male Florida resident
• 19-yr-old female Florida resident
• 25-yr-old male Florida resident
• 36-yr-old male Florida resident
• 17-yr-old female Florida resident
• 20-yr-old female Florida resident
• 67-yr-old male Florida resident
• 49-yr-old female Florida resident
• 61-yr-old male Florida resident
• 54-yr-old female Florida resident
• 21-yr-old female Florida resident
• 53-yr-old male Florida resident
• 31-yr-old male Florida resident
• 37-yr-old male Florida resident
• 20-yr-old male Florida resident
• 18-yr-old male Florida resident
• 95-yr-old female Florida resident
• 28-yr-old female Florida resident
• 47-yr-old male Florida resident
• 29-yr-old female Florida resident
• 28-yr-old female Florida resident
• 22-yr-old female non-Florida resident
• 52-yr-old female non-Florida resident
• 50-yr-old male non-Florida resident
• 20-yr-old male non-Florida resident

Walton County's has had 3,432 tests conducted resulting in 245 positives and 3,182 negatives. There has been a total of 9 deaths.

Reminder: These numbers include all collections done by DOH-Walton that are sent to state labs for testing as well as all non-Rapid test positives reported by private labs. Total testing and negative testing numbers do not include all testing by private labs as they may not be submitting, and are not required to submit, those numbers to the state.

****Walton County Emergency Management understands that the Rapid testing results being conducted by private labs and practices are not included in the State dashboard. WCEM is working with the State Department of Health, Department of Health-Walton and Doc Smiley’s office to establish a process to get these numbers included in the State reports.****

Updated demographic information on cumulative cases.

• DeFuniak Springs (107)
• Santa Rosa Beach (65)
• Freeport (16)
• Miramar Beach (17)
• Ponce de Leon (4)
• Paxton-Laurel Hill (1)
• Gaskin (1)
• Westville (1)
• Non-Residents (33)

Did this last report come with any details about why the numbers shot up from 1 to 32 in one day? I know I’m a stickler for logical explanations but numbers like these really invite more questions than they provide answers.

There will always be a lag in reports of these statistics due to basic human response/reporting time etc.. with margins of error accounting for deviations in reporting day to day. The trend analysis and charting are great to look at without having to focus on specific +/- 1 differences. Looking at numbers alone can definitely be confusing =)

There will always be a lag in reports of these statistics due to basic human response/reporting time etc.. with margins of error accounting for deviations in reporting day to day. The trend analysis and charting are great to look at without having to focus on specific +/- 1 differences. Looking at numbers alone can definitely be confusing =)

From 1 per day to 32 is not confusing. “Suspicious” is the word that comes to mind.

Just saying stats can deviate a lot if there is no real consistent reporting structure or reliable control methods. 32 is a large deviation, saying it increased 32 in one day may have some literal issues, why trend analysis is preferred for me =)

Honest question, and apologies if the answer is obvious, but cannot seem to find anything on it after a good bit of searching - is there a comprehensive list of the Walton communities they use which is available anywhere? Would like to see who is still reporting -0-, but need that list to do it and scratching my head a bit with the reported data, as it includes a mix of formally-incorporated towns (e.g., DeFuniak Springs), unincorporated towns (e.g., Gaskin), etc.

Closest thing I could find thus far is the voting precint map (https://www.votewalton.com/Portals/Walton/Documents/Maps/CountyVotingPrecinctsMap_2019.pdf). Interesting if that is it, since Point Washington and Rosemary show nothing yet (other than any potential "non-residents," of course).

Thx!

There seem to be a couple of maps.

This one offers a view by zip code and on the testing tab, a ratio of % positive to total tested. Experience

This one offers the county (and country) and has some different information than the other.
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Did this last report come with any details about why the numbers shot up from 1 to 32 in one day? I know I’m a stickler for logical explanations but numbers like these really invite more questions than they provide answers.

No details or explanation except that these numbers do not include cases from private labs or local medical offices such as Doc Smiley in Seagrove who reported 20 positive cases last week.

We do not know the real numbers.