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September 1 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa, Niceville

Niceville.comSeptember 1, 2020Updated:September 1, 20202 Mins Read

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health reports today the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County is 4,199, 45 more since yesterday morning. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Niceville and Valparaiso is 557.

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Okaloosa County is 77, no change.

Statewide, 7,569 new cases were reported since yesterday. The total contains a backlog of previously unreported test results.  According to the Department of health, without the backlog of results, the positivity rate for new cases yesterday is 5.9 percent. It is 6.8 percent with them.

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The number of cumulative hospitalizations related to coronavirus in Okaloosa is 245, one more since yesterday. On Monday, there were 31 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals; nine in ICU beds.

Yesterday, there were 840 tests returned in Okaloosa with 42 positives. The daily positivity rate was five percent.

Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate for the week ending Saturday, August 29 was 7.63 percent. It was 8.93 percent the previous week and 8.61 percent for the week before that, August 9-15.

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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, 1,469, 15 since yesterday
  • Destin, 552, eight since yesterday
  • Niceville, 514, eight since yesterday
  • Crestview, 845, three since yesterday
  • Shalimar, 205, three since yesterday
  • Mary Esther, 219, two since yesterday
  • Eglin AFB, 39, no change
  • Laurel Hill, 38, no change
  • Baker, 87, no change
  • Holt, 28, no change
  • Valparaiso, 43, no change
  • Hurlburt Field, 4, one since yesterday
  • Milligan, 2, no change
  • Cinco Bayou, 3, no change
  • Homeless, 1, no change
  • Missing, 122, five 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:

https://floridacovidaction.com/

https://www.floridadisaster.org/covid19/

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