October 12 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa, Niceville

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health reports this morning the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 5,411, 34 since yesterday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 748.

The DOH reports today the total number of COVID-19 -related deaths in Okaloosa County is 122, no change.

Statewide, 1,533 new cases were reported today.

The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 313, no change. The FDOH reports today there are 10 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN OKALOOSA COUNTY ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MOBILE TEST DATES

According to the FDOH, there were 332 tests returned since Friday in Okaloosa with 10 positives. The daily positivity rate is calculated at 9.34 percent, up from 5.56 percent yesterday and more than double the state’s daily positivity rate of 4.25 percent.

Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate was 7.79 percent for the week ending Oct. 10, down from 8.17 percent the previous week. The state’s weekly positivity rate was 4.52 percent.

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, 1,703, eight since yesterday
• Destin, 683, four since yesterday
• Niceville, 687, four since yesterday
• Crestview, 1,113, six since yesterday
• Shalimar, 256, no change
• Mary Esther, 260, three since yesterday
• Eglin AFB, 82, one since yesterday
• Laurel Hill, 52, no change
• Baker, 111, no change
• Holt, 41, one since yesterday
• Valparaiso, 61, no change
• Hurlburt Field, 11, no change
• Milligan, 2, no change
• Cinco Bayou, 34, no change
• Duke Field, 1, no change
• Missing, 271, four 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. 

Want more info and data? Get it here:

https://floridacovidaction.com/

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