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August 22 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa includes another death

Niceville.comAugust 22, 2020Updated:August 24, 20202 Mins Read

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health reports this morning the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 3,921, 43 more since yesterday morning. The death toll in Okaloosa now is 71, one more death reported since yesterday.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 492.

Statewide, 4,311 new cases were reported since yesterday.

The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 224, three more since yesterday. On Friday, the latest county report stated there are 33 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals; 9 in ICU beds.

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Yesterday there were 411 tests in Okaloosa with 41 positives. The daily positivity rate was 9.98.

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, 1,395, 16 more since yesterday
  • Destin, 521, two more since yesterday
  • Niceville, 451, four more since yesterday
  • Crestview, 803, 16 more since yesterday
  • Shalimar, 193, one more since yesterday
  • Mary Esther, 208, one more since yesterday
  • Eglin AFB, 32, two more since yesterday
  • Laurel Hill, 36, no change
  • Baker, 78, no change
  • Holt, 26, no change
  • Valparaiso, 41, no change
  • Hurlburt Field, 3, no change
  • Milligan, 2, no change
  • Missing, 101, 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. 

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Want more info and data? Get it here:

https://floridacovidaction.com/

https://www.floridadisaster.org/covid19/

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