Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 68 new COVID-19 cases today, with no new hospitalizations reported. The new cases were reported after laboratories processed 288 samples with a test-positivity rate of 23.6 percent. Since Oct. 21, local vaccinators have administered 918 addition doses of COVID-19 vaccine, public health reported, with 475 additional residents becoming fully vaccinated. […]
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Public Health Confirms One New COVID-19 Hospitalization, Four New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported one new COVID-19 hospitalization and four new cases today, while also reporting that nine cases have been removed from the county’s cumulative case tally because they were found tube from another jurisdiction, previously reported or not a confirmed case. The total number of Humboldt County residents who have tested positive […]
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Public Health Confirms 51 New COVID-19 Cases, One Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 51 new COVID-19 cases and one new hospitalization since its last report Friday. The case tally — which comes after the county saw 164 new cases of the virus confirmed last week — comes after laboratories processed 466 samples with a test-positivity rate of 10.9 […]
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Time to Dial it Up to 10 for Local Phone Calls
The days of seven-digit dialing for local calls in the 707 area code — as well as 81 others across the country — came to an end today. From now on, the 707 will need to be included. Why? Well, it’s because parts of those areas use “988 “ as the first three digits of […]
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NCJ Preview: Native Boarding School Deaths, COVID Update and More
As the U.S. and Canada face a reckoning over the abuse of Indigenous children in their forced boarding school systems, researchers in Oregon have been working to document the deaths of children at the Chemawa Indian School. Some of those children were from here in Humboldt County. We’ll talk about the effort to bring their […]
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Inside the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement at Cal State
Ethan Quaranta seeks out nature when he needs to heal. He picked up that habit on annual family trips to Lake Almanor, where his great-grandmother grew up. There, on hikes, kayak rides, and in conversations about his family’s history, the 21-year-old California State University Monterey Bay student developed a passion for keeping spaces like the […]
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Watson Releases Statement Saying He is Entering a Rehab Program
Arcata Councilmember Brett Watson issued a statement this evening saying he was entering “a 30-day residential rehabilitation program to focus on depression and personal issues.” Watson, who was replaced as mayor at a special meeting earlier this week, states that he informed the council and staff on Oct. 11 that he intended to step down […]
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HumCo Records Another COVID-19 Death, 33 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported another local COVID-19 death today, while confirming 33 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. The case tally — which brings the count’s total for the week to 164 — comes after laboratories processed 493 samples with a test-positivity rate of 6.7 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of […]
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Public Health Reports 10 New COVID-19 Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported 10 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. But the low case tally — which brings the count’s total for the week to 131 — comes after laboratories processed just 19 samples with a test-positivity rate of 52.6 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — […]
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Public Health Confirms One COVID-19 Death, One Hospitalization, 23 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health today confirmed one new COVID-19 death in a resident in their 80s, one hospitalization of a resident in their 60s and 23 new cases. Today’s death brings the county’s cumulative total to 108 after Public Health removed two deaths from the count yesterday as one was determined not to be COVID-related and […]
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Public Health Reports Another COVID-19 Death, Five New Hospitalizations
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 42 new cases of the virus and five new hospitalizations, including one of a child under the age of 10. The death — the county’s 107th due to the disease since the pandemic’s start, after Public Health today removed two previously […]
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Public Health Confirms 56 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 56 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, with no new related hospitalizations or deaths. The new cases come after laboratories processed 511 samples with a test-positivity rate of 11 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month since […]