Hospitals are at capacity. COVID-19 infections are at record highs. Testing lines stretch for hours. Yet even as the omicron variant batters the state, only 38 percent of vaccinated Californians have gotten a booster shot. As with initial vaccinations, acceptance of the booster shot has varied throughout California: Counties in the far north and rural […]
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Public Health Confirms 72 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 72 new cases today — making 853 this week — as well as two new hospitalizations, while also reporting that local hospitalization rates continue to be “17 times higher in unvaccinated individuals.” Today’s cases —which came after a single day record reported Tuesday, which came after 400 cases were reported […]
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Public Health Confirms 107 New COVID-19 Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 107 new cases today — making 781 so far this week — as well as two new hospitalizations. Today’s cases —which came after a single day record reported Tuesday, which came after 400 cases were reported Monday as having been confirmed since Dec. 30 — come amid news the highly […]
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HDNL to Temporarily Ban Spectators as COVID Cases Surge
The Humboldt-Del Norte League has voted to temporarily bar spectators from attending games amid a local surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant, Commissioner Jake Lakin announced Jan. 5. “The number of positive tests being reported from local school districts and recent updates from Humboldt County Public Health (188 new COVID […]
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Public Health Confirms Another COVID-19 Death, 86 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 86 new COVID-19 cases today — making 674 reported so far this week — as well as another related death and one new hospitalization. Today’s cases —which came after a single day record reported yesterday — come after 400 were reported yesterday from testing over the holiday weekend amid news […]
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Signs of Omicron: HumCo Officials Talk Surging Cases and Staffing Shortages
Today’s closure of McKinleyville Middle School in the wake of significant staffing shortages due to COVID is likely a harbinger of what’s to come in the coming weeks as the Omicron variant makes the rounds in the community. Humboldt County is showing all the classic signs of entering into a surge of COVID cases driven […]
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COVID Caused Staffing Shortage Closes McKinleyville Middle School
McKinleyville Middle School was closed today due to a COVID-19 caused “significant staffing shortage.” An email from Superintendent Heidi Moore-Guynup went out to parents around 7 p.m. yesterday stating that Dow’s Prairie and Morris Elementary were currently open. “We are hoping to be able to safely return to in-person instruction on Thursday, January 6,” the […]
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Public Health Confirms Record 188 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 188 new cases of COVID-19 and one new hospitalization today, a day after reporting the highly contagious Omicron variant has been confirmed to be circulating locally. Today’s cases — a single day record locally to date — come after 400 were reported yesterday from testing over the holiday weekend. For […]
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Here’s What’s Ahead for California Businesses in 2022
Clogged supply chains. Hiring struggles. New mask rules. A virus that trampled right over return-to-work schedules. Last year was chaotic for many businesses across California. What does 2022 hold? Layered on top of pandemic uncertainty is the question of what policymakers might do for — and to — businesses. “2022 is going to be a […]
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Public Health Confirms 400 New COVID-19 Cases, Omicron’s Presence in Humboldt
Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon that it has confirmed 4oo COVID-19 cases since its last report Thursday, as well as one new hospitalization and another death. The department also confirmed the first cases of the highly contagious Omicron variant locally Today’s tally represents the most cases to be included in a testing report […]
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NCJ Preview: Behind the Top 10s of 2021
As the year comes to an end, we’re talking about the Top 10 stories fo 2021 from this week’s cover — COVID, Su-Meg, local government and more — and how we came up with our list. That includes how we determined the Top 10 Dick Moves and why we dig into the pettiness. Hit subscribe […]
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Public Health Confirms 45 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 45 new COVID-19 cases today, as well as three new hospitalizations. Public Health also reported that 11 of the 12 people hospitalized locally since Dec. 17 were unvaccinated. Today’s cases — which make 852 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 477 samples with a test-positivity rate of […]