Humboldt County Public Health reported one new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, bringing the counties total to 490. However, the county’s Health Care System Capacity alert level, described as “one of three categories that indicate the county’s capacity to respond to and manage an increase in COVID-19 cases,” was downgraded to yellow due to an increase […]
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Humboldt Covid-19 Cases Hit Single Day High
Public health reported 10 additional COVID-19 cases today, the largest single day count to date, bringing the county’s total to 255. “We’re no longer returning to periods with zero case counts as we did in the past. This indicates that there’s still more work to do to ensure that people understand the increasing risk of […]
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Humboldt COVID-19 Cases Surge Again
Public health reported nine additional COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s total to 245. Of those, 126 people contracted the virus through contact with another known case, 67 acquired it through out-of-area travel and 34 were a result of community transmission. Eighteen cases remain under investigation, according to a news release. No new hospitalizations were […]
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Public Health Reports 2 New COVID-19 Cases Bringing July’s Total to 100
Public health reported two new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s total to 233, with 100 of those in July alone. “The good news is that we are in a good position to substantially slow transmission of this virus in our community by avoiding contact with those who aren’t a part of our household […]
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Public Health Confirms Two New Cases Related to Alder Bay
Humboldt County Public Health is reporting two new COVID-19 cases today, both related to the outbreak at the Alder Bay Assisted Living Facility, which brings the county’s total to 93. According to the news release, both of the positive results were personnel at the Eureka site. The new cases continue a two-week spike after a […]
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Public Health: Three New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed, Making Nine Since Saturday
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that it has confirmed three new COVID-19 cases today, which on the heels of four yesterday, makes nine since Saturday and brings the county’s tally to 64. The county also clarified today that it now has 11 active COVID-19 cases after misreporting the number in recent days. Public […]
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Public Health Announces Six New Positive Cases of COVID-19, Bringing the Total to 27
Public Health announced today that it has recorded six new positive COVID-19 cases. Humboldt County’s number of COVID-19 cases continued to climb yesterday, as Public Health announced three new positive cases. Today’s announcement brings the county-wide total to 27. All but one of those have been reported in the last 11 days, including news last […]