Humboldt County Public Health reported that it has confirmed 48 new COVID-19 since Friday, as well as other another COVID-related death of a local resident in their 60s, bringing the county’s tally to 32. In a press release, Public Health also urged any local residents 75 and older who haven’t been contacted by their primary […]
public health
Posted inNews
Public Health Reports 11 New COVID Hospitalizations, Warns Against Super Bowl Gatherings
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 30 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new hospitalizations, including five people under the age of 50 and two of patients in their 20s. “Humboldt County Public Health officials said this increase in hospitalizations is a reminder that anyone can develop symptoms of COVID-19 that require medical treatment, especially those with […]
Posted inNews
Public Health Confirms 29 New Cases; Nearly 4k Vaccine Doses Coming Next week
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 29 new COVID-19 cases today, with no new hospitalizations. This week has now seen 127 case recorded, one death and six hospitalizations, after five deaths and 258 cases were confirmed last week, for a record 990 cases reported in January. Today’s results came after 258 tests were processed with a […]
Posted inNews
Public Health Reports 13 New COVID-19 Cases, the Lowest Tally Since December
Humboldt County Public Health reported 13 new COVID-19 cases today, the lowest daily tally in more than a month, as well as a new hospitalization. This week has now seen 100 case recorded, one death and six hospitalizations, after five deaths and 258 cases were confirmed last week, for a record 990 cases reported in […]
Posted inNews
Humboldt Marks 31st COVID Death
Humboldt County Public Health today confirmed the death of an individual in their 60s and 22 new COVID-19 cases, including 12 detected with antigen tests. Antigen tests, which look for the presence of a specific viral antigen, basically a foreign substance that triggers the immune system to produce antibodies, are faster and can produce results […]
Posted inNews
Limited Supplies Slowing Vaccination Efforts, County Reports
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed 65 new COVID-19 cases since Friday as vaccination efforts slow due to limited supplies. Three more hospitalizations were also reported. As a result of the limited doses, Public Health has “canceled its large-scale vaccination clinics for the week and reassigned available resources to support other providers’ clinics,” according to […]
Posted inNews
Public Health Reports Five New COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Pushing County Past Single-Week Record
Humboldt County Public Health reported five new COVID-19 hospitalizations today, making 13 so far this week, already more hospitalizations than have been tallied in any single week locally since the pandemic began. Public Health also reported it had confirmed 20 new COVID-19 cases today after processing 428 samples with a test-positivity rate of 4.7 percent. […]
Posted inNews
Supply and Demand: COVID-19 Vaccination Frustrations Boil with Too Few Doses and Another Curveball from the State
After nearly a year of living with COVID-19, health officials point to the prospect of mass vaccination as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the beacon leading us to normalcy. But hope and hard reality continue to collide in Humboldt County, where there are simply nowhere near enough vaccine doses to meet […]
Posted inNews
County Reports Two COVID Deaths, 132 New Cases
Two additional Humboldt residents have died and Public Health confirmed 132 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, bringing the county’s cumulative tally to 2,624 after two previous cases were removed from the total. One of the individuals who died was in their 70s and the other was in their 90s. Seven additional hospitalizations were also reported. […]
Posted inNews
NCJ Preview: Vaccination, Losing a Local Icon and Small Restaurant Survival
This week we’re looking into the plan to vaccinate Humboldt residents — how it’s going and what’s in the way. We’ll look back at the life of local restaurant owner Esteban Gonzales, who died last week, and the lives he impacted. And while the pandemic has been brutal on restaurants, we talked to folks at […]
Posted inNews
Public Health Confirms 31 New COVID-19 Cases, Resume Vaccine Distribution
Public Health confirmed 31 new COVID-19 cases today, making 198 so far this week and bringing the county’s cumulative tally to 2,458, as well as four new hospitalizations The week’s cases continue a surge that saw 232 cases confirmed last week, on the heels of a record 269 the week before. Humboldt County has already […]
Posted inNews
Humboldt Marks 25th COVID Death
Public Health reports a 25th Humboldt resident has died and 36 new cases were confirmed, bringing the county’s total to 2,427. Two cases reported previously were removed from the county’s case tally, as one was a duplication and the other the result of a lab error, according to Public Health. Today’s tally makes 167 cases […]