NICEVILLE, FLA, JULY 2, 2020 — The Florida Department of Health reports this morning the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 770, 66 more since yesterday morning. It is the biggest one-day increase for Okaloosa County since reporting began.

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health reports this morning the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 770, 66 more since yesterday morning. It is the biggest one-day increase for Okaloosa County since reporting began. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 70.

Okaloosa County recorded its second death in two days: a 61-year-old man who was not associated with a long-term care facility,

Statewide, the number of cases is 169,106 an increase of 10,109 since yesterday morning. It is the state’s largest one-day increase since reporting began.

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The number of cumulative resident hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 61, one more since yesterday. As of July 1, 15 people were hospitalized in Okaloosa with COVID-19, and seven ICU beds remained available.

The number of deaths in Okaloosa County is eight, one more since yesterday.

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Here’s the latest breakdown by city in Okaloosa (note that the city is not always reported as part of the initial notification and may be missing while the case is being investigated):

Fort Walton Beach, 306, 26 more since yesterday
Destin, 130, 12 more since yesterday
Niceville, 66, five more since yesterday
Crestview, 109, six more since yesterday
Shalimar, 47, eight more since yesterday
Mary Esther, 50, seven more since yesterday
Eglin AFB, 8, no change
Laurel Hill, 5, no change
Baker, 10, one more since yesterday
Holt, 4, no change
Valparaiso, 4, one less since yesterday
Missing, 16, one more since yesterday

Florida does not publish data about deaths for persons under 18. Florida also does not publish testing, case or condition data for people in county/local jails, state prisons, migrant communities, or cumulative totals for testing and cases in long-term care facilities, probable cases and deaths before testing was available, or non-resident data at the zip code or city level.