NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health on Saturday reported 13 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa is 19,588.
The FDOH reports the total number of people killed by COVID-19 in Okaloosa is 343, no change since the previous report.
Statewide, 5,105 new cases were reported by the FDOH. The current cumulative total is 2,004,362. The total number of Florida residents who have died from COVID-19 in the state is 32,713.
The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Okaloosa is 703, no change since the previous day. Currently, there are 8 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.
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Okaloosa County COVID testing, vaccination information
According to the FDOH, since the previous report, there were 420 test results returned in Okaloosa with 14 positives. The daily positivity rate is 3.33 percent.
As a rule of thumb, the threshold for the percent positive being “too high” is five percent according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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According to the FDOH, Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate is 7.9 percent for the week ending March 13, down from 11.26 percent the previous week.
Florida’s current weekly positivity rate is 5.8 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.
We are not able to provide you with vaccination or city data in this report because the State of Florida no longer releases this data to the public on weekends.
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Want more info and data? Get it here:
- The state of Florida’s daily COVID-19 data reports
- The Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard
- Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 resource center for Florida
- The COVID Track Project’s data for Florida
