Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today, making a total of 17 for the week and bringing the countywide tally to 127. Public Health reports that it has traced four of today’s five positive cases back to contact with a known COVID-19 case, while the source of the fifth case remains under […]
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Public Health Confirms Nine New COVID-19 Cases, Matching Single Day High
Humboldt County Public Health announced today that it has confirmed nine new COVID-19 cases, the largest single-day case spike in more than two months. The nine new cases — which came after just 125 tests were processed today — make 12 confirmed so far this week, and 17 since June 12. Today’s case spike matches […]
Public Health Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed two new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the countywide total to 110. Today’s results make five new cases that have been confirmed locally this week, which follows a stretch that had seen just one new case over the past seven days. Nationally, 2.2 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, with 118,365 […]
Public Health Confirms One New Local COVID-19 Case
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that it has confirmed another COVID-19 case locally, just the second since June 3, bringing the countywide tally to 107. The current lull comes on the heels of a streak that saw 49 new cases confirmed over the span of 25 days. Today’s case is believed to be […]
Public Health: No New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed
For the third consecutive day, Humboldt County Public Health reported no new confirmed COVID-19 cases. Today’s news extends a lull in cases that has seen just one confirmed since June 3, after a streak that saw 49 new cases over the span of 25 days. But the lull in cases also coincides with a decline […]
Public Health: Humboldt Confirms its 100th COVID-19 Case
Humboldt County has now surpassed 100 confirmed COVID-19 cases, after Public Health announced two new positive tests this afternoon. The county reported today that after an additional 196 tests were processed, two new cases were confirmed, bringing the county’s tally to 101. Three Humboldt County residents have died of the highly contagious virus, all residents […]
Public Health Confirms Four New COVID-19 Cases, One More Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed four new local COVID-19 cases today, as well as another hospitalization, bringing the county’s case count at 98. The four new cases, all of which were acquired through contact with another known case, continues a spike that has seen 44 new cases confirmed since May 9, with the county having […]
Public Health: Four New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed, Including Another Alder Bay Resident
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed another four positive COVID-19 cases today, making 26 since May 8 and bringing the countywide total to 81. Humboldt County saw its first confirmed COVID-19 fatality yesterday, when a 97-year-old woman living at Alder Bay Assisted Living died of the disease at a local hospital. Today’s four positive cases include […]
Public Health: Five New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Today, Making 22 in Eight Days
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five more local COVID-19 cases today, making 22 over the past eight days and brings the countywide total to 77. Among the positive tests was another staff member at Alder Bay Assisted Living in Eureka, which has now seen two staff members and six residents test positive for the virus. […]
Public Health Confirms Four New COVID-19 Cases, Including Two More Assisted Living Residents
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed four more local COVID-19 cases today, making 17 this week and bringing the countywide case total to 72. Among the positive tests were samples from two more residents at Alder Bay Assisted Living in Eureka. Public Health also stated in today’s press release that yesterday’s report that the day’s sole […]
Public Health: Another Confirmed COVID-19 Case
Editor’s note: Public Health reported May 15 that the press release this report was based on was inaccurate, and that the confirmed COVID-19 patient referred to in the release was initially believed to work at Alder Bay Assisted Living but that was later to be determined to be inaccurate. We’ve updated this post to correct that […]
Public Health Confirms Four New COVID-19 Cases, Reports Two Related to Assisted Living Facility
Humboldt County Public Health announced it has confirmed four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s tally to 61. Public Health reported the county has also seen another COVID-19 patient hospitalized. With today’s four positive tests, the county has seen seven since May 6 after a lull of zero new cases over the course of the previous […]
