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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COVID Outbreak Hits Fortuna Long-term Care Facility
Humboldt County Public Health is working with staff and management at the Fortuna Rehabilitation and Wellness Center to respond to a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. According to a news release, 12 people have tested positive for the virus, which includes both residents and staff, but no one has been hospitalized as of today. “We’re […]
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Officials Hopeful Jail COVID-19 Outbreak is Contained
Officials are hopeful they have the COVID-19 outbreak at the Humboldt County jail contained. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges told the Journal in a Dec. 27 email that while a total of 36 inmates have tested positive for the virus amid the current outbreak, all were from a single housing unit and no one else […]
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34 People Infected in County Jail COVID Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Humboldt County jail has now grown to infect 28 inmates and six correctional officers after a dozen more inmates tested positive for the virus over the weekend. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges said in an email to the Journal the outbreak remains isolated in a single housing unit […]
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Six More Jail Inmates Test Positive for COVID-19
Another six Humboldt County jail inmates tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday amid an outbreak that has now infected 21 people, including six correctional officers. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges said in an email to the Journal that all the inmates who tested positive yesterday were in the same housing unit as the other […]
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HumCo Jail Outbreak Infects at Least 15 People
At least nine inmates at the Humboldt County jail have tested positive for COVID-19 as the Sheriff’s Office works to contain on outbreak. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges said in an email to the Journal that the inmates — who all reside in the same housing unit — have been relocated to the jail’s medical […]
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Seascape Restaurant to Reopen
The Seascape Restaurant is scheduled to reopen tomorrow after closing down last month month due to a COVID-19 positive individual who was infected as part of an outbreak connected to a Eureka church being at the Trinidad eatery. “All employees who had contact with the one positive case have been tested and received COVID negative […]
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Cases Continue to Mount from Church’s COVID-19 Outbreak
New COVID-19 cases connected to an outbreak at a Eureka church earlier this month are continuing to show up and health officials are looking at the possibility that a more contagious variant may be playing a role. The outbreak traced back to the Eureka the Pentecostal Church congregation is driving a surge in local infections and […]
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Large COVID-19 Outbreak at Granada Rehab and Wellness Facility
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak of 30 people at the Granada Rehab and Wellness skilled nursing facility in Eureka. One employee and 29 residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at the 87-bed facility. The outbreak was detected by a recent routine state-required COVID-19 testing after a staff member tested […]
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A Glimpse Inside Alder Bay
When Alder Bay Assisted Living Interim Administrator Mark Stephenson answered the facility’s main phone line on May 20, the exhaustion hung heavy in his voice. Over the previous nine days, he and his staff had been working frantically to confront what every assisted living and skilled care facility in the nation fears: a COVID-19 outbreak. […]
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HumCo Health Officials Eyeing Measles Outbreak in Washington, Bracing for the Worst
Humboldt County officials are activating a response protocol amid a measles outbreak in a Washington state suburb of Portland that has seen at least 31 people contract the highly contagious viral disease. “We’re basically bracing ourselves, crossing our fingers and hoping this doesn’t happen but making sure we’re prepared if it does,” said Humboldt County […]
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State Steps in Amid Surge in HIV Cases
The California Department of Public Health is stepping in amid a dramatic rise in newly diagnosed HIV cases in Humboldt County and officials believe there are at least 35 people in the community who may not be aware they have been exposed and may be infected, according to a Department of Health and Human Services […]