October 23 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa includes one more death

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health reports this morning the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 6,032, 55 since yesterday morning. The death toll in Okaloosa now is 130, one more death reported since yesterday.

Statewide, 3,689 new cases were reported since yesterday.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 811.

Okaloosa County Department of Health Director Dr. Karen Chapman said this week the increase in the number of new cases in Okaloosa County is concerning. She said that based on population, Okaloosa should be recording 21 or fewer new cases per day in order to achieve a positivity rate of below 10 cases per 100,000 in population. This week Okaloosa is averaging 46 new cases per day.

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The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 326, one since yesterday. The FDOH reports there currently are 27 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

According to the FDOH, there were 531 tests returned yesterday in Okaloosa with 58 positives. The daily positivity rate is 10.92 percent, up from 8.01 percent yesterday.

Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate is 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 12.9 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.

Currently, Florida is testing 1.2 people in 1,000, ranking among the lowest in 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, 1,915, 12 since yesterday
• Destin, 746, seven since yesterday
• Niceville, 744, six since yesterday
• Crestview, 1,185, six since yesterday
• Shalimar, 276, five since yesterday
• Mary Esther, 295, three since yesterday
• Eglin AFB, 87, no change
• Laurel Hill, 58, no change
• Baker, 121, one since yesterday
• Holt, 42, one since yesterday
• Valparaiso, 67, no change
• Hurlburt Field, 12, no change
• Milligan, 2, no change
• Cinco Bayou, 35, no change
• Duke Field, 1, no change
• Missing, 391, 13 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:

• 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