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Two new COVID-19 testing sites will open in Santa Rosa County this week as numbers continue to rise locally.

All area hospitals are at or near capacity, according to the county’s emergency management director, Brad Baker.

Tropical Storm Fred’s track has nudged to the east overnight, which means landfall is likely between Panama City and Walton County. That track, if it holds true throughout Monday, reduces impacts in Santa Rosa County.

The eastern portion of south Santa Rosa County remains under a tropical storm warning, which means tropical storm conditions are expected in this area beginning in the late morning.

The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center places Navarre at the western edge of the “cone of probability” for Tropical Storm Fred. Fred, which until earlier this morning was in shambles, has reorganized into a tropical storm with sustained winds of about 40 miles per hour.

The storm is heading for the northern Gulf Coast somewhere between Navarre and the Jefferson/Wakulla county line, according to the forecast released at 10 a.m. Sunday. A warning means tropical storm conditions should be expected within 24 hours.

The area just west of Navarre is under a tropical storm watch.