Wildberries Marketplace in Arcata is advising customers that four of its employees tested positive for COVID-19 this past week. “Following the first confirmed positive diagnosis nearly 6 months ago, several more team members have tested positive in the last week,” reads a post to the store’s Facebook page from Phil Ricord, the founder and president […]
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HSU Announced No New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday
Humboldt State University confirmed yesterday that there were no new COVID-19 cases. The university has seen three positive results since students began moving into the school last weekend. The three students are quarantining in isolated rooms. The school is providing ongoing support including frequent health and wellness checks with the students, as well as delivery of […]
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Public Health Confirms Four New COVID-19 Cases, Making 21 This Week
For the second day in a row, Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the countywide total to 165. Of the cases recorded to date, 103 were acquired through contact with a known case, 37 through travel and 23 through community transmission, meaning they caught the virus from an unknown source […]
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HumCo Correctional Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19
A Humboldt County correctional officer as tested positive for COVID-19, the Sheriff’s Office announced this morning. The deputy tested positive for the virus during a routine medical screening and is asymptomatic, according to a press release. They will undergo a 14-day isolation period required by Public Health, the release states, adding that contact investigators have […]
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Public Health Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases, Making 19 this Week
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed two new COVID-19 cases today, making a total of 19 for the week and bringing the countywide tally to 129, as well as another hospitalization. The news comes after Wednesday saw nine cases confirmed — matching the county’s single day high set back in early April — as well as […]
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COVID-19 Spike Continues as Public Health Confirms Five New Cases
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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HumCo Resident Tests COVID-19 Positive in Trinity
Trinity County Public Health announced yesterday that a Humboldt County resident who’d been residing over the county line for the past two weeks has been confirmed to have COVID-19. “This individual has returned to Humboldt County and will be monitored by Humboldt County Public Health,” Trinity County announced in a press release, adding that it […]
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Wildberries Tells Customers an Employee has COVID-19
Wildberries Marketplace in Arcata is advising customers that one of its employees has tested positive for COVID-19. “We were immediately in contact with the Humboldt County Department of health and are following all recommended guidelines from the CDC,” reads a post to the store’s Facebook page. “As a response to protect the health and safety […]
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Public Health Confirms 54th Positive COVID-19 Case
For the second time in the past week, Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed another new COVID-19 case, bringing the countywide tally to 54. Today’s results come after Public Health processed another 62 samples and corporate labs reported results from another 11, bringing the day’s total to 73. Of the 54 cases Humboldt County has […]
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Public Health: No New COVID-19 Cases Today
For the first time in more than two weeks, Humboldt County Public Health announced today zero new COVID-19 cases today, leaving the county’s total at 50. After the county’s caseload double last week, the rate of positive tests results has slowed considerably with five positive tests confirmed Sunday and Monday, one yesterday and none today. […]
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One New COVID-19 Case Brings County Tally to 50
Humboldt County got some good news this afternoon — or at least better news than we’ve been growing accustomed to. Public Health announced just one new person tested positive for COVID-19 today and there have been no new hospitalizations, a welcome reprieve in a span that has seen 48 positive cases over the past two […]
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Public Health: Humboldt Now Has 40 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health announced four additional local COVID-19 cases today, but also that it mistakenly reported a positive patient from a neighboring county as a local case yesterday, bringing Humboldt’s current tally to an even 40. Thirty-eight of those positive tests have been returned in the last 10 days, with 19 over the past […]