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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN BAY COUNTY PROVIDES COVID-19 UPDATE, ANNOUNCES SIX CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

June 18, 2020

Panama City, Fla.— Bay County’s total diagnosed COVID-19 cases now stands at 167. This includes 160 Bay County residents and seven non-Florida resident cases. The Florida Department of Health in Bay County (DOH-Bay) received confirmation of six additional cases of COVID-19. These include a 23-year-old male, a 22-year-old female, a 48-year-old female, 27-year-old female, a 49-year-old female, and a 26-year-old female non-resident.
DOH-Bay is conducting the contact investigation and working to identify and notify individuals who need to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days. Contact investigations are a critical way for staff epidemiologists to track and prevent the spread of disease.
Bay County’s overall COVID-19 positive testing rate is 3 percent. Of the 6,194 tests processed, 6,022 tests are negative. Four Bay County residents, or 3 percent of all positive Bay County cases, have died from COVID-19. A total of 22 Bay County residents, or 14 percent of all cases, have been hospitalized with COVID-19.
Data is preliminary and subject to change based on public health investigations. 
Addresses of Bay County residents
160
Panama City
103
Panama City Beach
25
Lynn Haven
17
Youngstown
4
Callaway
3
Southport
3
Parker
1
Tyndall Air Force Base
1
Fountain
2
Missing
1
 
Total Case Overview
 
Traveled
24
Contact with confirmed case
81
Travel & contact with confirmed case
5
 
Cases in facility staff/ residents
12
Long-Term Care
8 (5% of all cases)
Corrections
4 (3% of all cases)
DOH will offer free drive-through testing to any person over 18 at the following dates and locations:
JUNE DRIVE THROUGH TESTING SITES
Where
When
Who
How
Callaway Arts & Conference Center
500 Callaway Parkway
Callaway, FL 32404
Tuesday, June 23
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Adults 18+ with or without symptoms
Drive through, no appointment or referral needed
Rosenwald High School
924 Bay Ave.
Panama City, FL 32401
Tuesday, June 30
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Adults 18+ with or without symptoms
Drive through, no appointment or referral needed

DOH-Bay is now testing anyone with symptoms of COVID-19. For screening, please call DOH-Bay at (850) 872-4455 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and follow the prompts. Testing is by appointment only. Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, new loss of taste or smell, vomiting or diarrhea, and/or sore throat.
The Florida Department of Health also offers a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases and provides real-time data about active cases and number of deaths in each facility.
The Florida Department of Health also provides a COVID-19 dashboard updated daily at 10 a.m. as well as a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county, available at FloridaHealthCOVID19.gov.
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) publishes antibody COVID-19 test results data weekly. The report contains county, race and lab information on antibody COVID-19 tests conducted in Florida.
Weekly SARS-CoV-2 IgG and total antibody results
Positive
Negative
Inconclusive
Total tested
Percent positivity
13
662
0
649
1.96%
 
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) publishes pediatric report for Florida weekly. The report contains characteristics of pediatric Florida resident cases by county.
Coronavirus: characteristics of pediatric Florida resident cases
Cases <18 years
Persons <18 years old who tested negative
Total persons <18 years old tested
Percent positivity
4
85
89
4.5%
 
For more Information on COVID-19
For text alert updates from the Florida Department of Health in Bay County, text “bayhealth” to 888-777. For additional information specific to Bay County, visit BayHealthCOVID19.com. Contact the Citizens Information Center seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at (850) 248-6090, or email ask@baycountyfl.gov.

To find the most up-to-date information and guidance on COVID-19, please visit the Department of Health’s dedicated COVID-19 website at FloridaHealthCOVID19.gov. For any other questions related to COVID-19 in Florida, call (866) 779-6121. The Call Center is available 24 hours per day or email COVID-19@flhealth.gov.

The free StrongerThanC19 app is available to both iOS and Android users and can be downloaded from the Apple or Google app stores. The StrongerThanC19 app and website are designed to gather information to help the Department of Health track and slow the spread of COVID-19 in Florida; they are not intended to be used as a symptom checker designed to dispense medical advice.
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