Walton County COVID19 Updates

It is obvious we are inundated by the virus brought by visitors. Thankfully summer season will be over soon.

Classes begin in Walton County August 10, 2020. Locals should work together to get back to the relatively safe environment we had before rentals were opened. I hope that we can all limit contact and wear masks and focus on the health of of our community.

It is going to be a challenge with kids in school. We need to be vigilant and monitor our kids and not let them go to school with symptoms.

School start date has been pushed back one week to August 17th.

July 31:

Due to Contact Tracing the numbers are not presented today as normal. They will be back as normal on Monday.

Demographic information on cases due to ongoing epidemiological investigations, are provisional and subject to change: *Walton County total cases (1187) new cases reported July 31 (38). Municipalities by zip code can be found on the dashboard (click on the bottom of the page Cases by Zip code) * Dashboard for 7/31 mistakenly reflects 18 cases from another county which will be corrected on tomorrow’s update. FloridaHealthCOVID19.gov.

The community median age for July 31 is (42), ages range from 3-82, 0-10 (1) 11-20 (5) 21-30 (4) 31-40 (1) 41-50 (4) 51-60 (4) 61-70 (4) 71-80 (1) 81-82(1) (Females (8), Males (17).

I’m not sure why people look at and give credence to, “the numbers“, when we know that they don’t represent anything quantifiable.

I’m not sure why people look at and give credence to, “the numbers“, when we know that they don’t represent anything quantifiable.

Your stance on the numbers doesn’t surprise me since your default position is willful ignorance. You have a propensity to fabricate your own reality. The health workers have tried to document the numbers to try to have an understanding of the problem we face in an attempt to solve the problem. The numbers may certainly not be accurate since they have been been increasingly co-opted by the Republican leadership on the state level and federal level. But the numbers are indeed a tool for understanding the virus and the politics interfering with recovery from the virus.

The Department of Health in Walton County has reported a cumulative total of 60 new COVID-19 cases in Walton County over the weekend.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to ongoing epidemiological investigations by staff, numbers are provisional and are subject to change. Municipalities by zip code can be found on the dashboard by clicking this link: https://bit.ly/33kB66A
Included in total cases are 90 Walton County jail staff and inmates located in DeFuniak Springs, which are listed as DeFuniak Springs cases.
Included in total cases are 76 residents and/or staff that have tested positive for COVID-19 in one Long Term Care Facility in DeFuniak Springs, and 7 in one Long Term Care Facility in Miramar Beach. The daily COVID-19 report also includes information from the Agency for Health Care Administration, by county about cases and deaths related to staff or residents in long-term care facilities his report is also available at FloridaHealthCOVID19.gov.
Effective July 2, 2020, COVID-19 confirmed through antigen testing are included in overall case counts. Antigen tests are a new way to check for active COVID-19 infection at the time of your appointment.
NEW TESTING SITES AVAILABLE! See below for details or visit walton.floridahealth.gov or call (850) 401 - 6453 for more information.

I think people are numb to the numbers now.:confused:

....Iiiiiii have become...uncomfortably numb...