Humboldt County Public Health will soon begin vaccinating people at high risk of contracting the monkeypox virus, the county announced today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified those at a higher risk as people who are gay, bisexual, transgender and cisgender men who have sex with men or transgender women who meet […]
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First Case of Monkeypox Confirmed in HumCo
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the county after a resident contracted the viral infection. According to a press release, the resident is doing well, self-isolating at home and appears to have had no close contacts locally. Monkeypox, a rare zoonotic infection caused by the monkeypox virus, which is in […]
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Candy Stockton Named Humboldt’s New Public Health Officer
Humboldt Independent Practice Association Chief Medical officer Candy Stockton has been confirmed by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to serve as Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer. She is slated to begin the new post July 18. “Having spent years practicing medicine in rural Northern California has given me a deep understanding of the challenges […]
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Fortuna Nursing Home COVID Outbreak Expands to 36 Infected
Humboldt County Public Health is continuing to provide a heightened response to a COVID-19 outbreak at the Fortuna Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in which 26 residents and 10 staff members have tested positive for the virus, with one resident currently hospitalized. Public Health’s Communicable Disease team is testing residents and staff three times a week and […]
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Public Health Reports 38 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health today reported 38 new COVID-19 cases, with no new hospitalizations. Today’s cases come on the heels of 614 reported last week, which were down from 1,055 the week before, as the recent local surge fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant appears to be on the back end of its peak, […]
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Public Health Reports Three New COVID-19 Hospitalizations, 144 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health today reported 144 new COVID-19 cases, as well as three new hospitalizations. Today’s cases come on the heels of 614 reported last week, which were down from 1,055 the week before, as the recent local surge fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant appears to be on the back end of […]
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Public Health Reports 347 New COVID-19 Cases, Three New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health today reported that 347 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed since Thursday, with three new hospitalizations, including one of a local resident in their 20s. Today’s cases come on the heels of 614 confirmed last week, which were down from 1,055 the week before, as the recent local surge fueled by […]
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Public Health Confirms 121 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health reported 121 new COVID-19 cases today, as well as one new hospitalization. Today’s cases come on the heels of 1,055 confirmed last week, which were down from 1,779 the week before, as the recent local surge fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant appears to be on the back end of […]
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Public Health Press Conference: Mask Mandate to Lift
During yesterday’s Public Health COVID-19 press conference Health Officer Ian Hoffman further explained why the county has chosen to lift its mask mandate next week, stating that the current Omircon COVID-19 surge has shown a “different scenario” than what the county faced during the Delta-fueled surge. On Tuesday, Hoffman told the Humboldt County Board of […]
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Public Health Reports Another COVID-19 Death, One New Hospitalization and 122 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported another COVID-19 death today, while also confirming 122 new cases of the virus and one new hospitalization locally. Today’s cases come on the heels of 1,055 confirmed last week, which were down from 1,779 the week before, as the recent local surge fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant appears […]
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Public Health Confirms Another COVID-19 Death, One Hospitalization and 35 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported another COVID-19 death today, while also confirming 35 new cases of the virus and one new hospitalization locally. The county also reported today that 35 previously reported cases of the virus were removed from the county’s cumulative count, leaving it at 18,192 cases confirmed through the duration of the pandemic. […]
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Public Health Confirms Another COVID-19 Death, 336 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon that it has confirmed 336 new cases of COVID-19, as well as two hospitalizations and one death, since Friday. Today’s cases come on the heels of 1,055 confirmed last week, which were down from 1,779 the week before, as the recent local surge fueled by the highly contagious […]