NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health on Saturday reported 17 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa is 20,696.
The FDOH reports the total number of people killed by COVID-19 in Okaloosa is 363, no change since the previous report.
Statewide, 3,319 new cases were reported by the FDOH. The current cumulative total is 2,289,522. The total number of Florida residents who have died from COVID-19 in the state is 36,056.
The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Okaloosa is 751, 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 430 test results returned in Okaloosa with 17 positives. The daily positivity rate is 3.95 percent.
According to the FDOH, Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate is 5.45 percent for the week ending May 9, down from 5.53 percent the previous week.
Florida’s current weekly positivity rate is 6.5 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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