December 6 COVID-19 report for Okaloosa, Niceville

NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health Sunday reported 63 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County. In Niceville and Valparaiso, there are 12 new cases.

The cumulative number of cases in Okaloosa is 9,776.

The FDOH reports the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Okaloosa is 174, an increase of seven.

Statewide, 8,436 new cases were reported by the FDOH. The current cumulative total is 1,058,074 cases.

The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Okaloosa is 450, an increase of five. Currently, there are 53 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.

Okaloosa County drive-thru testing

According to the FDOH, since the previous report, there were 457 test results returned in Okaloosa with 61 positives. The daily positivity rate is 13.35 percent, down from14.48 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 8.8 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, 2,972, +16
• Destin, 1,052, +5
• Niceville, 1,466, +10
• Crestview, 2,455, +17
• Shalimar, 431, +3
• Mary Esther, 469, +2
• Eglin AFB, 123, no change
• Laurel Hill, 123, no change
• Baker, 280, +3
• Holt, 78, +1
• Valparaiso, 129, +2
• Hurlburt Field, 44, +2
• Milligan, 2, no change
• Cinco Bayou, 33, no change
• Duke Field, 1, no change
• Missing, 9, 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