March 13 COVID-19, vaccination report for Okaloosa, Niceville

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health on Saturday reported 28 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa is 19,427.

The FDOH reports the total number of people killed by COVID-19 in Okaloosa is 339, no change since the previous report.

Statewide, 5,244 new cases were reported by the FDOH. The current cumulative total is 1,973,109. The total number of Florida residents who have died from COVID-19 in the state is 32,225.

Eventbrite Vaccination Registration – Live Events – DOH Okaloosa County

Vaccination age group expands to 60+ years

Okaloosa County COVID testing, vaccination information

The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Okaloosa is 694, one more since the previous day. Currently, there are 11 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

According to the FDOH, since the previous report, there were 523 test results returned in Okaloosa with 28 positives. The daily positivity rate is 5.35 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.

According to the FDOH, Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate is 11.26 percent for the week ending March 6, down from 12.22 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.

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