Public Health reported no new confirmed COVID-19 cases today after a spike last week pushed the county’s total to 133.
According to a news release, 82 cases were contracted through a known case, 28 via travel and 23 were from community transmission, meaning the person who tested positive had no known contacts to another case and had not traveled outside the local area.
Areas across the nation and in California are seeing rapid increases in not only the number of cases but hospitalizations and many are stepping back on reopenings.
“As we watch what is happening across the state and even in our community, I think it is important for our community to recognize that we are at a crossroads,” County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich said. “We can embrace the use of all the preventive measures we have, such as use of facial coverings and social distancing; we can choose not to gather with people outside our household, even extended family members; our business owners can follow the safety plans they have developed for the benefit of their employees and their customers, or we can choose to pretend that this pandemic is not real and increase risk for our friends and neighbors. It is really that simple.”
Humboldt County Public Health is urging residents who aren’t experiencing symptoms to get tested free of charge at the mobile testing site at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds. (People experiencing symptoms should contact a healthcare provider, officials say.) Asymptomatic individuals can make an appointment to be tested by visiting https://Lhi.care/covidtesting or calling (888) 634-1123. Tests will be administered free of charge, whether or not people have health insurance.
Basics of COVID-19
The California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control, state that symptoms of novel coronavirus include cough and shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, or at least two of the following: fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat or a new loss of taste or smell.
Emergency warning signs needing immediate medical attention include difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, new confusion or inability to awaken, and bluish lips or face.
In an emergency situation:
Call ahead to the emergency room or inform the 911 operator of the possibility of a COVID-19 infection and, if possible, put on a face mask.
Symptoms or possible exposure:
In the case of a possible exposure with symptoms — fever and cough or shortness of breath — contact your doctor’s office or the county Department of Health and Human Services, which has a hotline that can be reached during business hours at covidinfo@co.humboldt.ca.us or at (707) 441-5000. Residents seeking medical advice or questions about testing are asked to contact Public Health at hhsphb@co.humbldt.ca.us or at (707) 445-6200.
St. Joseph Health has also set up a virtual assessment tool as an aid to assess risk factors for contracting the illness, which can be found at here.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has started a rumor-control webpage that can be found here.
For the Journal‘s latest COVID stories, updates and information resources, click here.
Read the county’s release below:
No additional cases of COVID-19 were reported today. Humboldt County’s case count remains at 133.
The means of transmission has been determined for all known cases. Of the 133 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, 23 were acquired through community transmission, 28 were acquired through travel and 82 contracted the virus through contact with a known case.
Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich emphasized the importance of personal responsibility in containing COVID-19.
“As we watch what is happening across the state and even in our community, I think it is important for our community to recognize that we are at a crossroads,” she said. “We can embrace the use of all the preventive measures we have, such as use of facial coverings and social distancing; we can choose not to gather with people outside our household, even extended family members; our business owners can follow the safety plans they have developed for the benefit of their employees and their customers, or we can choose to pretend that this pandemic is not real and increase risk for our friends and neighbors. It is really that simple.”
“Every time you leave home without a facial covering or choose to gather households for a party or crowd into a restaurant or bar, you are making a choice that may impact your entire community,” Frankovich said. “At this time, it is more important than ever that our choices serve to make us more rather than less safe.”
For the most recent COVID-19 information, visit cdc.gov or cdph.ca.gov. Local information is available at humboldtgov.org or during business hours by contacting covidinfo@co.humboldt.ca.us or calling 707-441-5000.
This article appears in Dinner from the Dock.
You can also get tested at PALCO Pharmacy in Scotia. You must go online first to make an appointment and print a voucher. Come to the parking lot for your appointment. Self administered test which is then shipped FedEx overnight to the lab and get your results in about 5 days. Call Palco at 764-3591 for more information.
Why is it a public crisis when the public has no name. Only a number. If it’s such a killer then the rest of the public that does not have it deserves to know the names of everyone that does To absolutely destroy the economic structure of our world based off of a number is a bit much don’t ya think. And what are the symptoms of the flu again. And pneumonia as well. How about starvation. Let’s shut the world down so we all can see who’s the strongest cause that’s what is happening By the way. Just how many people have died once they have it. Compared to those who have survived. a 97 year old woman in a nursing home Is one. So you’re telling me that at 97 years old she had nothing pre existing? Or maybe at 97 years old in a nursing home it may have been her time to pass.
Not all of us are doctors. With credit lines and salary. Try living paycheck to oh shit no more paycheck. You think this is a pandemic. Try a revolt. Cause that’s what you are creating. You are pissing the majority off.
133 cases with no names.
Yeah. I’ll take the chance of surviving and having a life again than living in this world with out one.
Enough is enough.
Label me what you want. Just not as a number. My name is Dan Bolt. And all of life MATTERS. not just yours
How do you control the mass. You scare the hell out of them.
But the control is only sustained by truth be told. And when the control refuses to face fact then the control loses
Obviously your way of handling the pandemic is not working you need to produce a result. Cause bull shit is definitely beginning to be called out. Ignorance is not always bliss. You are causing more damage than the virus is. May as well leave our front doors wide open for the thieves How about domestic violence. Or the now un educated kids being held back against there will.
Once again my name is Dan and I’m always ready for what it is And I’m gonna Live until my only guarantee in this life calls my f###### name
Why fear death. You’ll never escape it. Maybe this is Gods way of saying alright it’s time to change Cause evil is overtaking the good Failing to recognize the need to change will only make the next hit even harder And will continue until attention is served.