Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed 14 new COVID-19 tests since Friday, on the heels of the 36 cases reported last week. The county has seen 359 confirmed to date, with 21 hospitalizations and four deaths. Sixty-one cases remain active. Today’s cases were confirmed after 948 samples were processed with a positivity rate of about […]
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Public Health Confirms Three New COVID Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed three new COVID-19 cases today, making 36 for the week and bringing the countywide tally to 345. Additionally, the department reported today that another local resident has been hospitalized with the disease. Today’s cases were confirmed after 310 samples were processed with a positivity rate of about 1 percent. They […]
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Public Health Confirms Nine New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed nine new COVID-19 cases today, making 33 so far this week and bringing the countywide tally to 342. Today’s cases were confirmed after 447 samples were processed with a positivity rate of 2 percent. They continue a recent surge in the local caseload that has seen 109 cases confirmed so […]
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Public Health Confirms 11 new COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 11 new COVID-19 cases today, reporting results from samples tested since Friday. Today’s tally comes on the heels of 27 new cases reported last week and brings this month’s tally to 87 after the county saw 100 cases confirmed last month. To date, the county has recorded 320 cases, which […]
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Public Health Confirms Six New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed six new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s total to date to 299. Today’s tally makes 66 cases recorded locally so far this month and continues a spike that saw a total of 100 new cases confirmed in July after just 32 in June. Two new hospitalizations were reported Monday, […]
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Public Health Confirms Seven New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed another seven new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s total to date to 293. Today’s tally makes 60 cases recorded locally so far this month and continues a spike that saw a total of 100 new cases confirmed in July after just 32 in June. Two new hospitalizations were reported […]
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Public Health Confirms Three new COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed three new COVID-19 cases today, making 26 so far this week and 98 for the month, as the local spike in caseloads continues. Two of the new cases are linked to a known confirmed case, while the third is one of 14 cases that remain under investigation. In a press […]
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Public Health Confirms Seven New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed seven new COVID-19 cases today, making 23 so far this week and 95 for the month, as the local spike in caseloads continues. In a press release, the county reminded that travel in and out of Humboldt and multi-household social gatherings continue to be “significant drivers of new infections.” “Many […]
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County COVID-19 Testing Capacity to Increase Threefold
The Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory’s COVID-19 testing capacity will increase threefold due to new testing equipment obtained by the lab through state and federal grant funding. “Adding this new COVID-19 test and automated extraction platform is a game-changer for our county. Not only will we triple our local testing capacity, but we will maintain […]
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County Sets Grim Record with 12 new COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Today
Humboldt County set a single-day record with a dozen new confirmed COVID-19 cases announced by Public Health, continuing a spike that has now seen 84 cases confirmed this month. The county’s previous single-day high for confirmed cases was nine, reached twice, first April 2 then again June 24. Since the county started announcing daily test […]
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Public Health Confirms Three New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed another three positive COVID-19 cases today, making 22 so far this week and an even 70 for the month. To date, the county has seen 203 local cases, including 17 hospitalizations and four fatalities, all of them of residents at Alder Bay Assisted Living. Humboldt County’s recent spike in […]
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Public Health Confirms Six New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County’s spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases continues, as Public Health announced another six today, making 14 this week and total of 62 so far in July, by far the most recorded in any month since the pandemic hit the North Coast. The 14 cases so far this week come after the county confirmed 16 […]