Humboldt County Public Health reported the 137th local COVID-19 death today — of a resident over the age of 80. This marks the county’s 15th COVID-19 death of 2022. Public Health also reported two new hospitalizations today. According to a state database, 23 people are currently hospitalized with the virus locally, including one under intensive […]
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Public Health Reports Humboldt’s 136th COVID-19 Death
Humboldt County Public Health reported the 136th local COVID-19 death today — of a resident in their 70s. This marks the county’s 14th COVID-19 death of 2022. Public Health also reported three new hospitalizations today. According to a state database, 23 people are currently hospitalized with the virus locally, including four under intensive care. Today, […]
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County Marks Second COVID-19 Death in Two Days
Public Health today reported the county’s second COVID-19 death in as many days and the confirmation of nine new cases of the virus. No additional hospitalizations were reported. The person who died was in their 70s. Today’s case results came after laboratories processed 344 samples with a test-positivity rate of 2.6 percent. According to a […]
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Humboldt Marks 10th COVID-Related Death
Humboldt County Public Health reports a tenth resident has died and 26 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed today, making 149 so far this week and 1,163 since the pandemic began. An additional hospitalization was also reported. According to a news release, the individual was in their 80s and tested positive at their time of death. […]
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Eureka Police: Old Town Death Appears to be Self-Inflicted
The Eureka Police Department reports that a man who died Nov. 2 after being found with a severe neck wound in Old Town next to a broken wine bottle appears to have somehow injured himself. According to a news release, the EPD investigation indicates the 48-year-old man bought the wine about 30 minutes before he […]
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Humboldt Sees Ninth COVID-Related Death: A Person in Their 30s
Public Health reported a person in their 30s has become Humboldt County’s ninth COVID-related death, with 10 new cases confirmed since Friday, bringing the county’s total at 554. County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich offered her sympathies. “To those who have been impacted by this loss, our thoughts are with you,” she said in a […]
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Crescent City Man Killed in Logging Accident
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation after a logging accident killed a 70-year-old man on a rural property near Orick yesterday. According to a press release, two pieces of logging equipment collided, injuring the John Henry Sims Jr., of Crescent City, who died at the scene. Cal OSHA is also investigating […]
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Winfred Grissom has Died of COVID-19, LoCo Reports
Winfred Grissom, former Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum docent who was a popular figure around Old Town Eureka, has died of COVID-19, the Lost Coast Outpost reports. He was 91. According to LoCo’s story, Grissom is one of the four Alder Bay Assisted living residents who has died of the disease amid an outbreak there that […]
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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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‘Our Resolve to Fight:’ A Letter from Humboldt’s Health Officer
To the residents of Humboldt County: COVID-19 is a stealthy opponent. Its ability to spread easily from people who do not even know they are ill, along with its heightened severity among those of us who are older or have chronic conditions, make it a powerful threat to many in our community, particularly those who […]
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Humboldt Records First COVID-19 Death
Humboldt County saw its first COVID-19 death Sunday, when a resident at Alder Bay Assisted Living who had been hospitalized died of the disease. As of Saturday, Humboldt County had seen 77 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including an outbreak at Alder Bay that had seen six residents and two staff members test positive for the virus. […]
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Update: Coroner IDs 31st Vehicle Fatality of Year
Update: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the pedestrian killed in Eureka last night as Dwight Stephen Davis, often known in the community as “Dirty Dave.” He was 71. Previously: The death of a pedestrian in Eureka last night marks Humboldt’s 31st traffic fatality of the year, officially tying a previous record for the deadliest […]