October 5 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 5,181, five since yesterday. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 714.

The DOH reports today the total number of COVID-19 -related deaths in Okaloosa County is 117, two less today than it reported Saturday and Sunday.

Statewide, 1,415 new cases were reported since yesterday.

The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 305, no change. On Friday, there were 19 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals; six in ICU beds.

According to the state DOH, yesterday there were 304 tests returned in Okaloosa with six positives. The daily positivity rate was 1.97 percent, down from 6.29 percent the previous day.

Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate was 8.17 percent for the week ending Oct. 3, slightly up from 8.0 percent the previous week.

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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, 1,665, three since yesterday
Destin, 657, one since yesterday
Niceville, 654, one since yesterday
Crestview, 1,062, no change
Shalimar, 247, no change
Mary Esther, 250, no change
Eglin AFB, 79, one since yesterday
Laurel Hill, 49, no change
Baker, 103, no change
Holt, 38, no change
Valparaiso, 60, no change
Hurlburt Field, 9, no change
Milligan, 2, no change
Cinco Bayou, 34, no change
Duke Field, 1, no change
Missing, 229, no change

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/

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