NICEVILLE, Fla — The Florida Department of Health Tuesday reported 202 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Okaloosa County. In Niceville and Valparaiso, there are 23 new cases.
The cumulative number of cases in Okaloosa is 10,072.
The FDOH reports the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Okaloosa is 174, no change.
Statewide, 7,985 new cases were reported by the FDOH. The current cumulative total is 1,073,770 cases.
The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Okaloosa is 451, one more since yesterday. Currently, there are 59 COVID-19 patients in Okaloosa County hospitals.
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According to the FDOH, since the previous report, there were 893 test results returned in Okaloosa with 191 positives. The daily positivity rate is 21.39 percent, up from 12.65 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 8.7 percent (7-day moving average) according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center data.
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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, 3,034, +42
- Destin, 1,078, +17
- Niceville, 1,501, +21
- Crestview, 2,547 +78
- Shalimar, 444, +6
- Mary Esther, 481, +6
- Eglin AFB, 133, +4
- Laurel Hill, 126, +1
- Baker, 292, +7
- Holt, 78, no change
- Valparaiso, 132, +2
- Hurlburt Field, 49, +1
- Milligan, 2, no change
- Cinco Bayou, 33, no change
- Duke Field, 1, no change
- Missing, 13, +4
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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
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