Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new COVID-19 cases, with no additional deaths or hospitalizations reported. Public Health also reported that an advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend the FDA authorize emergency use for a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for adults 18 and older and authorize Moderna boosters for certain high-risk groups. […]
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County Marks 9,000th COVID-19 Case
Public Health confirmed 20 new COVID-19 cases today, pushing Humboldt County past a total of 9,000 cases, while also confirming a new hospitalization. The new cases come after laboratories processed 168 samples with a test-positivity rate of 11.9 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month since […]
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Two More HumCo Residents Die of COVID-19
Two more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 48 new cases of the virus. The county has now recorded 10 COVID-19 deaths to date in October, after 23 in September and 22 in August. The local death toll now stands at 108. The new cases come after laboratories […]
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Public Health Confirms 5 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today and one new hospitalization. The new cases come after laboratories processed 285 samples with a test-positivity rate of 1.8 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month since the pandemic began — the rate in Humboldt County […]
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Public Health Confirms Three Hospitalizations and 99 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported 99 new COVID-19 cases with three new hospitalizations, including one person in their 60s and two people in their 70s. The new cases come after laboratories processed 581 samples with a test-positivity rate of 13.01 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month […]
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Public Health Reports Four More COVID-19 Deaths
Humboldt County Public Health reported four more COVID-19 deaths today, making eight this week, as well as 35 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. The deaths were of two residents in their 60s, one in their 70s and one over the age of 80, bringing the county’s cumulative pandemic death toll to […]
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Public Health Reports Another COVID Death, 33 New Cases
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 33 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. The death — the fourth reported this week — was of a resident over the age of 80, bringing the county’s cumulative pandemic death toll to 102. The new cases — […]
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HumCo Records 100th COVID Death, 35 New Cases Confirmed
Humboldt County surpassed 100 COVID-19 deaths today, after the county confirmed three more residents have died of the virus, while also reporting 35 new cases and two new hospitalizations. The three residents who died were all over the age of 80, and bring the county’s pandemic death toll to 101. The county also reported today […]
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14 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Hospitalizations Reported
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 14 new COVID-19 cases today and reported two new hospitalizations. The new cases — which come on the heels of 243 confirmed last week and make 135 so far this week — come after laboratories processed 310 samples with a test-positivity rate of 4.5 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of […]
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Public Health Confirms 121 New COVID Cases, Four New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon that it has confirmed 121 new COVID-19 cases since Friday with four new hospitalizations. The new cases — which come on the heels of 243 confirmed last week — come after laboratories processed 545 samples with a test-positivity rate of 22.2 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 […]
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Public Health Confirms 40 New COVID-19 Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 40 new COVID-19 cases today — making 243 this week — as well as two new hospitalizations. Public Health also offered new data on so-called breakthrough cases of fully vaccinated individuals, noting that one of the five deaths and two of the 14 hospitalizations recorded over the past week were […]
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A 98th HumCo Resident Dies of COVID-19
A 98th Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while also confirming 54 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. A state database shows 29 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, with five under intensive care. The local hospital census peaked Sept. 3 with 42 COVID-19 patients, then steadily declined […]