NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health today reports the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 5,977, 83 since yesterday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 805.
Statewide, 5,558 new cases were reported today. The number of new cases is the highest recorded in a single day since August 15 other than two days of testing data irregularities in August and September.
The huge jump in newly reported cases comes after the state withheld the previous day’s coronavirus data until after 5 p.m. and following news reports that Gov. DeSantis is voicing support for ending the public daily COVID-19 reports.
About one in 28 people in Florida have now been infected. That number is closer to one in 40 nationally and one in 191 worldwide.
Okaloosa County Department of Health Director Dr. Karen Chapman said this week that Okaloosa’s upward trend in cases is “concerning news.” She pointed out that the number of new cases daily has risen from 20+ to 40+. The rate is more than double the rate the county is aiming for and represents a high burden of local cases.
The DOH reports the total number of COVID-19 -related deaths in Okaloosa County is 129, no change.
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The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 325, one since yesterday. The FDOH reports today there are 26 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.
According to the FDOH, there were 986 tests returned yesterday in Okaloosa with 79 positives. The daily positivity rate is 8.01 percent, down from 9.14 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 12.3 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.
Currently, Florida is testing 1.0 people in 1,000, ranking it tied for last 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, 1,903, 17 since yesterday
- Destin, 739, eight since yesterday
- Niceville, 738, nine since yesterday
- Crestview, 1,179, 19 since yesterday
- Shalimar, 271, one since yesterday
- Mary Esther, 292, four since yesterday
- Eglin AFB, 87, no change
- Laurel Hill, 58, one since yesterday
- Baker, 121, one since yesterday
- Holt, 41, no change
- Valparaiso, 67, one since yesterday
- Hurlburt Field, 12, no change
- Milligan, 2, no change
- Cinco Bayou, 35, no change
- Duke Field, 1, no change
- Missing, 377, 17 since yesterday
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