Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 20 new COVID-19 cases, making 114 for the week. The week’s tally is an uptick from last week’s 85 cases but still a far cry from the record 269 confirmed in the first week of January. Today’s cases were confirmed after labs processed 357 samples with a test-positivity rate of […]
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County Reports 10 new COVID-19 Cases, Slated to Receive Nearly 5K Vaccine Doses Next Week
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s cumulative tally to 3,160. The results were released after labs processed 297 samples with a test-positivity rate of 3.4 percent. According to the county’s dashboard, eight local residents are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Local available intensive care unit capacity, meanwhile, has risen […]
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County Confirms 15 New COVID Cases, Adds Vaccination Info to Dashboard
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 15 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s cumulative tally to 3,151. The results were released after labs processed 359 samples with a test-positivity rate of 4.2 percent. On its dashboard, the county is now including local vaccination data, indicating that 26,789 doses have been administered to date, with 8.86 […]
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Humboldt Records 33rd COVID-19 Death
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 12 new COVID-19 cases today and reported the county’s 33rd COVID-related death, of a resident in their 80s. The county also reported a new hospitalization. Today’s cases, reported as the county was moved into the state’s less restrictive red “substantial” risk tier, came after labs processed 126 samples with a […]
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Public Health Reports 57 New COVID-19 Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported it has confirmed 57 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, as well as two new hospitalizations. With today’s results, which came after 1,046 samples were tested with a test-positivity rate of 5.4 percent, the county has now confirmed a total of 3,124 COVID-19 cases to date. Last week’s case count of […]
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Humboldt’s COVID-19 Mutation and What it Means
When Humboldt County Public Health announced Thursday that a new, never-seen-before mutation of the COVID-19 virus had been discovered locally, the news sounded alarming. And it is. But not for the reasons most initially feared. Due to vigilance and some luck, the virus variant’s spread was limited to a single assisted living facility, meaning it […]
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County Logs Lowest Weekly COVID-19 Case Total in Three Months
Humboldt County Public Health reported 15 new cases today along with an increase in available local intensive care unit capacity as the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized locally decreases. With today’s results, which came after 182 samples were tested with a test-positivity rate of 8.2 percent, the county has now confirmed a total of 3,067 […]
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Public Health Confirms 19 New Cases as Local ICU Capacity Dips to 10.7%
Humboldt County Public Health reported 19 new COVID-19 cases today, making 70 so far this week, and three new hospitalizations and a further dip in local available intensive care unit capacity. According to the county’s dashboard, 12 local residents are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including three under intensive care, as local available ICU bed capacity […]
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Public Health Confirms 12 New COVID-19 Cases, Reports Dip in Available ICU Capacity
Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon that it has confirmed a dozen new COVID-19 cases, which after yesterday’s zero, makes 51 this week. Public Health also reported another hospitalization and a dip in available local intensive care unit capacity. With today’s results, the county’s case tally stands at 3,036 roughly a year after the […]
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No New COVID Cases Reported Today, But Only 50 Samples Tested
Humboldt County Public Health reported no new confirmed COVID-19 cases today for the first time in a daily report since October, leaving the county’s cumulative tally at 3,025. But due to impacts of labs being closed for Monday’s holiday, only 50 samples were included in today’s report and officials urge continued vigilance. Earlier today, meanwhile, […]
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Public Health Reports 39 New COVID Cases Since Thursday, Uptick in Available ICU Capacity
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that 39 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed locally since Thursday, with one new hospitalization, as well. But today’s press release also reported that 23 previously reported positive cases have been removed from the county’s cumulative case tally, either because they were false positives, unconfirmed or the patient was […]
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County Surpasses 3K COVID-19 Cases, Available ICU Capacity Dips Below 15%
Humboldt County surpassed 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases today when Public Health reported 33 new cases, bringing the county’s tally to 3,009. While it took the county 290 days to record its first 1,000 cases, the next 1,000 came in 35 days and the next in 34 days. And while the county reported no new COVID-19 […]