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August 26 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa; one more death

Niceville.comAugust 26, 2020Updated:August 28, 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 4,020, 22 more since yesterday morning. The death toll in Okaloosa now is 75, one more death reported since yesterday.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 515.

Statewide, 3,220 new cases were reported since yesterday.

The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 236, five more since yesterday.

RELATED: Okaloosa County COVID-19 key metrics week 34

RELATED: Okaloosa County Testing Schedule

On Tuesday, it was reported there were 37 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals; 10 in ICU beds.

Yesterday, there were 751 tests returned in Okaloosa with 24 positives. The daily positivity rate was 3.2 percent.

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Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate for the week ending Saturday, August 16-22, was 8.93 percent. The positivity rate was 8.61 percent for the previous week, August 9-15.

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, 1,417, four more since yesterday
  • Destin, 532, five more since yesterday
  • Niceville, 474, five more since yesterday
  • Crestview, 823, three more since yesterday
  • Shalimar, 196, no change
  • Mary Esther, 212, one more since yesterday
  • Eglin AFB, 33, no change
  • Laurel Hill, 38, no change
  • Baker, 82, two more since yesterday
  • Holt, 28, no change
  • Valparaiso, 41, no change
  • Hurlburt Field, 3, no change
  • Milligan, 2, no change
  • Cinco Bayou, 3, no change
  • Missing, 107, two more since yesterday
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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/

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