Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. Meanwhile, Public Health reported that the first known case of the new Omicron variant was confirmed in the United States today in San Francisco. While there re not yet any known cases in Humboldt County, health officials are asking doctors to […]
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Another COVID-19 Death, 21 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that another local resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 21 new cases of the virus and one new hospitalization. The resident who died was reportedly in their 50s, while the new hospitalizations were of residents in their 40s and 80s, according to Public Health. Today’s cases […]
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HumCo Passes 10K COVID-19 Cases; Another Death Reported
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, according to Public Health, which also reported this afternoon that it had confirmed 116 new cases of the virus with three new hospitalizations since its last report Wednesday. The cases reported today push the county’s cumulative case count past 10,000 since the pandemic’s start. The resident who […]
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Public Health Confirms 10 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new cases today, along with one new hospitalization. Today’s cases — which make 156 so far this week on the heels of 118 confirmed last week — come after laboratories processed 312 samples with a test-positivity rate of 3.2 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — […]
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Public Health Confirms 75 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 75 new cases today, along with one new hospitalization. Today’s cases — which make 146 so far this week on the heels of 118 confirmed last week — come after laboratories processed 120 samples with a test-positivity rate of 62.5 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — […]
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Public Health: Another COVID-19 Death, 71 New Cases
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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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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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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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 […]