Walton County COVID19 Updates

[Teresa]

July 5

Walton County Joint Information Center - COVID-19 Case Update

Today, Walton County has 13 more positives for a total of 318.

Detailed chart information will be released following the July 4th holiday.

If we receive any additional information from DOH-Walton today, we will post it when it is received.

 

[lesson25]

Is the Santa Rosa beach area inclusive in this “report” as Dune Allen, Seagrove, Watersound, Blue Mountain Beach, Seaside, Watercolor, Seacrest, Rosemary Beach, In.et Beach, Grayton Beach, And Point Washington? So 76 positive test in 15 weeks?

 

[Teresa]

 

[Kurt]

 

[Lake View Too]

...29 new cases in Santa Rosa Beach in one day...

 

[happy2Bme]

Statistics mean nothing if they don’t include all data. We have no true measure of the information being given to us.

 

[Lake View Too]

Statistics mean nothing if they don’t include all data. We have no true measure of the information being given to us.

What is your definition of all the data. The cases per day are certainly going up and the positivity rate is going up. I would call that a good measure of information. The positivity rate is important and can't be dismissed as "more test, more cases".

 

[30A Skunkape]

A big chunk of the 29 new cases had to do with an ill advised party at a certain business in SRB. Remember that we are going to probably see a greater percentage of positive cases since testing is now being directed (with some exceptions) more at the symptomatic rather than the community at large. There are plenty of infected folks who are minimally symptomatic or asymptomatic going untested out there however, make no mistake about it.

 

[Lake View Too]

A big chunk of the 29 new cases had to do with an ill advised party at a certain business in SRB. Remember that we are going to probably see a greater percentage of positive cases since testing is now being directed (with some exceptions) more at the symptomatic rather than the community at large. There are plenty of infected folks who are minimally symptomatic or asymptomatic going untested out there however, make no mistake about it.

I understand that the positivity rate will be higher because mostly symptomatic people are being tested, but if you really scrutinize that thought a little deeper, then it really means the actual number of symptomatic cases is increasing. More people are getting tested because more people are getting symptomatic.

 

[ValD]

I understand that the positivity rate will be higher because mostly symptomatic people are being tested, but if you really scrutinize that thought a little deeper, then it really means the actual number of symptomatic cases is increasing. More people are getting tested because more people are getting symptomatic.

exactly. and they don't want to risk infecting those that may not respond asymptomatically.