A Public Health Laboratory employee processes a COVID-19 test. Credit: public health

Humboldt County Public Health reported today that the county has confirmed another COVID-19 deaths since its last report April 27, a resident in their 60s.

Four new hospitalizations were also reported today but, according to a state database, seven people are currently hospitalized with the virus locally, including two under intensive care, and there is another suspected COVID-19 hospitalization. The death reported today is the 146th in Humboldt County since the pandemic began.

Find the full public health press release, which includes a schedule of upcoming vaccination clinics, here.

Kimberly Wear is the assistant editor of the North Coast Journal.

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