Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today but, for the first time in more than a week, did not report a COVID-19 death locally. A state database shows 24 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, with two under intensive care. The local hospital census peaked Sept. 3 with 42 […]
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HumCo Records Four More COVID-19 Deaths, 40 New Cases as Hospitalizations Rise
Four more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while also confirming 40 new cases of the virus and four new hospitalizations. This is the fifth consecutive day Public Health has reported a new COVID-19 death, with 10 local deaths reported over the past seven days and 40 since Aug. 1. […]
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Open Door Breaks Ground on New Arcata Health Center
A host of local officials gathered in a dirt lot on Foster Avenue Tuesday afternoon to get their golden shovels dirty and celebrate the groundbreaking of the state-of-the-art Arcata Community Health Center, which is slated to open in 2023. Once complete, the 33,000 square-foot facility will use a solar array — and an emergency backup […]
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HumCo Records 89th COVID-19 Death, 35 New Cases
For the third consecutive day, Public Health is reporting that another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 35 new cases of the virus and two hospitalizations. The death brings the county’s cumulative death toll from the virus to 89, with 36 having come since Aug. 1. A state database shows 20 people […]
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HumCo Records 88th COVID Death, 72 New Cases Reported
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while also confirming 72 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations, including one of a resident in their 20s. The death — of a local residents in their 50s — brings the county’s cumulative death toll from the virus to 88, […]
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Public Health Reports Three More COVID-19 Deaths
Three more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while also confirming 84 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations since Friday’s report. The deaths — of local residents in their 40s and 60s, and another over the age of 80 — bring the county’s cumulative death toll from […]
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Public Health Confirms Six Deaths as ‘Breakthrough’ Cases, One More Death, Four Hospitalizations, 77 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed 77 new COVID-19 cases, four hospitalizations of one person in their 50s, two in their 60s and one over the age of 80. In addition to the hospitalizations, a person in their 60s has died from the virus, marking the third COVID-related death this week. Public Health officials have […]
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HumCo Records 83rd COVID-19 Death, 37 New Cases
An 83rd Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported this afternoon, while also confirming 37 new cases and two new hospitalizations. After a state data glitch derailed yesterday’s COVID-19 case count, Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 90 new cases of the virus since Monday — making 261 […]
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Public Health Confirms 90 New COVID-19 Cases, Four New Hospitalizations
After a state data glitch derailed yesterday’s COVID-19 case count, Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 90 new cases of the virus since Monday — making 261 so far this week — with four new hospitalizations. The new cases were confirmed after laboratories processed 368 samples with a test-positivity rate of […]
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System Glitch Derails COVID Case Count, Public Health Reports No New Hospitalizations, Deaths
A “data transmission failure” between two state computer systems derailed the local COVID-19 case count today, leaving Humboldt County Public Health “unable to confirm additional positive case reports.” Public Health also noted in a press release that, for the first time in a month, it had no new COVID hospitalizations or deaths to report. A […]
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Public Health Confirms Another COVID Death, 171 New Cases
Public Health reported this afternoon that another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 171 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations since Friday. A state database shows 21 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally — the lowest tally in weeks — with two under intensive care. The slow decline […]
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Another Humboldt County Resident Dies of COVID, Public Health Confirms 30 New Cases
An 81st Humboldt County Resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 30 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. Today’s cases make 386 this week and the death of a resident in their 60s is the 31st recorded COVID-19 death locally since Aug. 1. Today’s cases — which were […]