December 2 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa, Niceville

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health Wednesday reported 238 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County.

The cumulative number of cases in Okaloosa now stands at 9,231.

The FDOH reports the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Okaloosa County is 160, no change.

Statewide, 9,994 new cases were reported by the FDOH. The current cumulative total is 1,018,160 cases.

The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Okaloosa is 430, two since yesterday. Currently, there are 54 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

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According to the FDOH, since the previous report, there were 857 test results returned in Okaloosa with 241 positives. The daily positivity rate is 28.12 percent, up from 22.47 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 15.3 percent for the week ending Nov. 28, down from 16.39 percent the previous week,

Florida’s current weekly positivity rate is 7.9 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.

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):

NOTE: The number of new cases by city shown below is for Dec. 1-2.