Public Health reported today that another local resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 71 new cases of the virus and three new hospitalizations since Friday. Today’s report comes after Public Health confirmed 118 new cases of the virus, with four deaths and 10 hospitalizations last week. New countywide masking and quarantine orders, meanwhile, […]
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Public Health Announces 25 New COVID-19 Cases, New Quarantine Order
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 25 new COVID-19 cases today but reported no new hospitalizations. Today’s cases make 118 recorded over the past week, with four deaths and 10 hospitalizations. Public Health also announced that Health Officer Ian Hoffman has issued a new quarantine order that will go into effect Monday. The new order requires […]
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Get Ready to ‘Fall Back’ this Weekend
It’s that “fall back” time of year, again. At 2 a.m. Sunday, daylight saving time comes to an end. And, once again, North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman is working with his Republican colleague Buddy Carter of Utah on a bipartisan bill that would allow states the option of staying on daylight saving time all year. […]
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Public Health Confirms 13 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19 today and reported two new hospitalizations. The county also announced that a new masking order — which lifts the mask mandate outdoors as of Nov. 8, but “strongly recommends” the practice in crowded areas — will take effect Monday. The order also outlines benchmarks the […]
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Public Health Confirms 24 New COVID-19 Cases, Children 5 and Up Cleared for Vaccinations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases today, with no new hospitalizations or deaths reported. Earlier today, the county released a set of benchmarks that will have to be reached before local mask mandates are lifted. Read more here. The county reported yesterday that an advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Health Officers Set Benchmarks for Lifting Mask Mandates
Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman and his Del Norte counterpart announced today the beginning of a loosening of COVID-19 masking requirements, with the outdoor masking mandated slated to be lifted Nov. 8, while the health officials outlined the benchmarks needed for the full lifting of the local masking order. The move comes with the […]
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Young Children Can Receive COVID Vaccines Soon. Here’s What You Need to Know
California will begin vaccinating young children as soon as today, with the state expecting to receive more than a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the first week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 for emergency use. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Public Health Reports Five New COVID-19 Hospitalization, Vaccine Authorized for Children 5 and Older
Humboldt County Public Health reported five new COVID-19 hospitalizations today, while also confirming six new cases of the virus — though five previously reported cases were removed from the county’s tall. The new hospitalizations included a resident in their 30s, another in their 40s, two in their 60s and one over the age of 80, […]
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Public Health: Four More COVID-19 Deaths, 61 New Cases
Four more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while announcing it had confirmed 61 new cases of the virus and three new hospitalizations since Friday’s report. The new cases were reported after laboratories processed 403 samples with a test-positivity rate of 15.1 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent […]
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High COVID Case Counts Being Reported by Schools, Youth Sports, Businesses in the Greater Fortuna Area
A group of ZIP codes encompassing parts of Fortuna, Carlotta, Rio Dell, Scotia and Hydesville are showing an “unusually high number” COVID-19 cases being reported by schools, youth sports leagues and businesses over the last few weeks, according to Humboldt County Public Health. The specific ZIP codes that have had 60 percent more cases than […]
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HumCo Records Two More COVID-19 Deaths
Two more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 28 new cases of the virus. No new hospitalizations were reported. The new cases were reported after laboratories processed 331 samples with a test-positivity rate of 8.5 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest […]
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Another Local COVID-19 Death, 13 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported another local resident has died of COVID-19 today, while also confirming 13 new cases of the virus and one new hospitalization. The new cases were reported after laboratories processed 117 samples with a test-positivity rate of 11.1 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest […]