Information from the Florida Department of Health.

HOLT, Fla., July 12, 2020—Florida set a new national single-day high by adding 15,300 new coronavirus cases according to data from the state health department.

This was the highest number of single-day new cases of anywhere in the United States since the pandemic began.

Today’s update smashed New York’s April high and Florida’s previous single-day high set earlier this month.

Okaloosa County jumped up 138 cases to a total of 1,268, the highest single-day increase.

All areas of Okaloosa County added to their numbers except for Holt, which remains at five total cases.

Baker increased by one for a total of 24. Laurel Hill added three more for a total of 14. Crestview saw its highest increase by adding 33 more cases for a total of 243.

In neighboring counties, Escambia’s 4,146 total includes an additional 484 cases. Santa Rosa added an additional 189 cases for a total of 1,331 while Walton added 23 to bring its total to 561.

Okaloosa County

• Fort Walton Beach 472, up 48
• Crestview 243, up 33
• Destin 193, up 21
• Niceville 126, up 24
• Shalimar 80, up 8
• Mary Esther 68, up 9
• Baker 24, up 1
• Laurel Hill 14, up 3
• Eglin Air Force Base 11, up 2
• Valparaiso 10, up 4
• Holt 5, same
• Unknown area 22

Around the area

• Milton 530, up 56
• Pace 137, up 24
• Jay 40, plus 6
• Defuniak Springs 210, up 9