October 20 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 5,860, 40 since yesterday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 792.

The DOH reports the total number of COVID-19 -related deaths in Okaloosa County is 129, no change.

Statewide, 3,662 new cases were reported today.

The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 322, three since yesterday. The FDOH reports today there are 20 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

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According to the FDOH, there were 440 tests returned yesterday in Okaloosa with 41 positives. The daily positivity rate is 9.32 percent, down from 10.04 percent the previous day.

Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate was 9.91 percent for the week ending Oct. 17, up from 7.79 percent the previous week, according to the FDOH.

Florida’s current weekly positivity rate is 12.0 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.

Currently, Florida is testing 1.1 people in 1,000, ranking it 49^th in the U.S. for testing according to data provided by Johns Hopkins.

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, 1,878, nine since yesterday
• Destin, 728, six since yesterday
• Niceville, 728, four since yesterday
• Crestview, 1,156, eight since yesterday
• Shalimar, 269, one since yesterday
• Mary Esther, 283, two since yesterday
• Eglin AFB, 86, one since yesterday
• Laurel Hill, 57, two since yesterday
• Baker, 120, no change
• Holt, 41, no change
• Valparaiso, 64, no change
• Hurlburt Field, 11, no change
• Milligan, 2, no change
• Cinco Bayou, 35, no change
• Duke Field, 1, no change
• Missing, 352, six 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:

• 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