Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that it has confirmed another COVID-19 case locally, just the second since June 3, bringing the countywide tally to 107. The current lull comes on the heels of a streak that saw 49 new cases confirmed over the span of 25 days. Today’s case is believed to be […]
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County Confirms No New COVID-19 Cases, Identifies Fatalities
For the first second consecutive day, and just has second time over the past week, Humboldt County Public Health announced today that it has confirmed no new COVID-19 cases, leaving the countywide tally at 104. Today’s results come after 134 samples were processed — 58 at the Public Health Laboratory and 76 others at corporate […]
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Alder Bay Loses Another Resident to COVID-19
Humboldt County has lost another resident to COVID-19, Public Health has announced. The person was another resident of Alder Bay Assisted Living, which has now seen all of Humboldt County’s four deaths amid an outbreak that has seen seven residents and seven staff members test positive for the disease. Humboldt County Public Health Officer Teresa […]
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A Glimpse Inside Alder Bay
When Alder Bay Assisted Living Interim Administrator Mark Stephenson answered the facility’s main phone line on May 20, the exhaustion hung heavy in his voice. Over the previous nine days, he and his staff had been working frantically to confront what every assisted living and skilled care facility in the nation fears: a COVID-19 outbreak. […]
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AP Story Highlights Humboldt Reopening Approach
The Associated Press turned the spotlight on Humboldt County in a story sent out to papers across the nation that focused on the region’s reopening in the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases after a period of relative calm. Humboldt County Public Health announced two new cases today involving Alder Bay Assisted Living Facility […]
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Public Health Confirms Two New Cases Related to Alder Bay
Humboldt County Public Health is reporting two new COVID-19 cases today, both related to the outbreak at the Alder Bay Assisted Living Facility, which brings the county’s total to 93. According to the news release, both of the positive results were personnel at the Eureka site. The new cases continue a two-week spike after a […]
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Public Health: Five New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Today, Making 22 in Eight Days
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five more local COVID-19 cases today, making 22 over the past eight days and brings the countywide total to 77. Among the positive tests was another staff member at Alder Bay Assisted Living in Eureka, which has now seen two staff members and six residents test positive for the virus. […]
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Public Health Confirms Four New COVID-19 Cases, Including Two More Assisted Living Residents
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed four more local COVID-19 cases today, making 17 this week and bringing the countywide case total to 72. Among the positive tests were samples from two more residents at Alder Bay Assisted Living in Eureka. Public Health also stated in today’s press release that yesterday’s report that the day’s sole […]
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Public Health: Another Confirmed COVID-19 Case
Editor’s note: Public Health reported May 15 that the press release this report was based on was inaccurate, and that the confirmed COVID-19 patient referred to in the release was initially believed to work at Alder Bay Assisted Living but that was later to be determined to be inaccurate. We’ve updated this post to correct that […]
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‘Very Soon’
On the afternoon of Friday, May 8, just hours after some toy stores, florists, boutiques, bookstores and other retailers throughout Humboldt County re-opened for curbside pickup and delivery for the first time in weeks, Sheriff William Honsal addressed the media with a tone of hope and optimism. “This is a soft opening but we plan […]