CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Washington County death toll rises by 1; state positive cases up by 1,180
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A Washington County resident was the sole COVID-19 related death reported in the Florida Panhandle on Saturday, bringing to seven the number of people in that county who have died so far, officials say.
Meanwhile, the state continued to rack up four-figure increases in the number of new cases, with 1,180 additional people testing positive for the presence of the virus, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. That brings Florida’s total to 63,938.
It was the fifth day in a row the number of new cases exceeded 1,000.
Fortunately only 12 new deaths were reported on Saturday. The coronavirus death toll in Florida now stands at an even 2,700.
Meanwhile, nine new cases were reported in Okaloosa County, followed by seven in Bay County. Other counties recorded few or no changes from Saturday.
Here are the numbers for each county:
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Santa Rosa County
Number of cases: 258, one more than Saturday
Hospitalizations: 25, unchanged
Deaths: 9, unchanged
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Milton: 159, one more than Saturday
Navarre: 41, one more than Saturday
Gulf Breeze: 30, revised downward by one from Saturday
Pace: 17, unchanged
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Okaloosa County
Number of cases: 262, nine more than Saturday
Hospitalizations: 42, one more than Saturday
Deaths: 6, unchanged
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Fort Walton Beach: 104, three more than Saturday
Destin: 40, three more than Saturday
Crestview: 35, one more than Saturday
Niceville: 30, unchanged
Shalimar: 17, unchanged
Mary Esther: 16, one more than Saturday
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Walton County
Number of cases: 130, unchanged
Hospitalizations: 19, two more than Saturday
Deaths: 9, unchanged
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DeFuniak Springs: 80, unchanged
Santa Rosa Beach: 20, unchanged
Freeport: 7, unchanged
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Bay County
Number of cases: 130, seven more than Saturday
Hospitalizations: 15, two more than Saturday
Deaths: 4, unchanged
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Panama City: 78, three more than Saturday
Panama City Beach: 20, one more than Saturday
Lynn Haven: 12, one more than Saturday
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Holmes County
Number of cases: 30, unchanged
Hospitalizations: 1, unchanged
Deaths: 0
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Washington County
Number of cases: 84, one more than Saturday
Hospitalizations: 15, one more than Saturday
Deaths: 7, one more than Saturday
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Franklin County
Number of cases: 2, unchanged
Hospitalizations: 0
Deaths: 0
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Gulf County
Number of cases: 6, three more than Saturday
Hospitalizations: 0
Deaths: 0
Cities with fewer than five cases were not listed.