December 10 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa, Niceville

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health today reported 122 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County. In Niceville and Valparaiso, there are 17 new cases.

The cumulative number of cases in Okaloosa is 10,326.

The FDOH reports the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Okaloosa is 176, two more since yesterday.

Statewide, 11,335 new cases were reported by the FDOH. The current cumulative total is 1,094,697 cases.

The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Okaloosa is 456, three more since yesterday. Currently, there are 51 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

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According to the FDOH, since the previous report, there were 792 test results returned in Okaloosa with 122 positives. The daily positivity rate is 15.4 percent, down from 19.63 percent the previous day.

As a rule of thumb, the threshold for the percent positive being “too high” is five percent according to the Centers for Disease Control.

According to the FDOH, Okaloosa’s weekly positivity rate is 22.68 percent for the week ending Dec. 5, up from 15.3 percent the previous week,

Florida’s current weekly positivity rate is 8.5 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.

Here’s the current 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, 3,088, +25
• Destin, 1,092, +12
• Niceville, 1,550, +17
• Crestview, 2,631, +43
• Shalimar, 457, +4
• Mary Esther, 492, +7
• Eglin AFB, 135, no change
• Laurel Hill, 131, +2
• Baker, 306, +8
• Holt, 80, +2
• Valparaiso, 134, no change
• Hurlburt Field, 49, no change
• Milligan, 2, no change
• Cinco Bayou, 33, no change
• Duke Field, 1, no change
• Missing, 13, no change

Want more info and data? Get it here:

The state of Florida’s daily COVID-19 data reports

The Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard

Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 resource center for Florida

The COVID Track Project’s data for Florida