NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health reports this morning the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 5,265, 33 since yesterday morning. The death toll in Okaloosa now is 122, four more deaths reported since yesterday.
Sixty deaths in Okaloosa are related to long-term care facilities, according to the DOH.
Statewide, 3,306 new cases were reported since yesterday.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 729.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN OKALOOSA COUNTY ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MOBILE TEST DATES
The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 309, one since yesterday. On Tuesday, there were 17 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals; five in ICU beds.
According to the state DOH, yesterday there were 534 tests returned in Okaloosa with 31 positives. The daily positivity rate was 5.81 percent, down from 8.28 percent the previous day.
Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate was 8.17 percent for the week ending Oct. 3, slightly up from 8.0 percent the previous week. The state’s positivity rate for the week was 4.66 percent
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, 1,673, six since yesterday
- Destin, 669, five since yesterday
- Niceville, 669, six since yesterday
- Crestview, 1,082, four since yesterday
- Shalimar, 249, two since yesterday
- Mary Esther, 253, three since yesterday
- Eglin AFB, 81, no change
- Laurel Hill, 49, no change
- Baker, 106, no change
- Holt, 40, no change
- Valparaiso, 60, no change
- Hurlburt Field, 11, two since yesterday
- Milligan, 2, no change
- Cinco Bayou, 34, no change
- Duke Field, 1, no change
- Missing, 242, four 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.
Want more info and data? Get it here:
https://floridacovidaction.com/
https://www.floridadisaster.org/covid19/
