October 24 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa, Niceville

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health reports today the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 6,098, 66 since yesterday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 820.

Statewide, 4,471 new cases were reported today.

Okaloosa County Department of Health Director Dr. Karen Chapman said this week that based on population, Okaloosa should be recording 21 or fewer new cases per day to achieve a positivity rate of below 10 cases per 100,000 in population. This week Okaloosa has 342 new cases, an average of almost 49 new cases per day.

The DOH reports the total number of COVID-19 -related deaths in Okaloosa County is 130, no change.

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.

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The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is reported to be 326, no change. The FDOH reports today there are 31 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

According to the FDOH, there were 720 tests returned yesterday in Okaloosa with 65 positives. The daily positivity rate is 9.03 percent, up from 8.01 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 12.2 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.

Currently, Florida is testing 1.3 people in 1,000, ranking it among the lowest for testing in the nation 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, 1,934, 19 since yesterday
Destin, 754, eight since yesterday
Niceville, 753, nine since yesterday
Crestview, 1,196, 11 since yesterday
Shalimar, 276, no change
Mary Esther, 295, no change
Eglin AFB, 88, one since yesterday
Laurel Hill, 58, no change
Baker, 125, four since yesterday
Holt, 42, no change
Valparaiso, 67, no change
Hurlburt Field, 12, no change
Milligan, 2, no change
Cinco Bayou, 35, no change
Duke Field, 1, no change
Missing, 403, 14 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.

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