Humboldt County Public Health reported 32 new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, making 181 so far this week, setting a seven-day record for the fourth consecutive week as the local case surge continues. The announcement comes after Public Health reported the county’s 10th COVID-19 related death yesterday amid a case spike that has now seen 297 […]
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County Confirms 22 New COVID-19 Cases, Capping Record Week and Pushing Humboldt Past 1K Infections
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases today, setting a single-week record for the third consecutive week with 165 cases. After confirming 59 cases in October, Humboldt County has seen its COVID-19 caseload spike sharply in recent weeks amid a national and statewide surge. The county confirmed 328 cases last month and has […]
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Ian Hoffman is Humboldt County’s Next Health Officer, Pending Supes’ Approval
Ian Hoffman will be Humboldt County’s next health officer, pending the Board of Supervisor’s confirmation Tuesday. In a press release, the Joint Information Center said Hoffman is expected to step into the role recently vacated by Teresa Frankovich, who stepped down Tuesday after holding the position since January. Hoffman holds a medical degree and a […]
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NCJ Preview: Frankovich’s Farewell and Farm to School Nutrition
This week we’re talking about Teresa Frankovich’s last day as public health officer for Humboldt County and where our COVID-19 numbers are headed. We’ll look at how Humboldt ramped up its testing capacity and plans for expanding. And find out how Humboldt County Office of Education is getting locally farmed product into schools. Hit subscribe […]
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Humboldt on Cusp of 900 COVID Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reports 48 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed since Friday. Five more hospitalizations were also reported. The, yet another, record-setting number comes on the heels of a record 122 cases last week, which overshadowed the previous week’s record setting 71. All of October saw 59 cases. This month recorded 328 positive […]
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HumCo Public Health Confirms 31 New Cases, Making a Record 122 for the Week
Humboldt County Public Health reported 31 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases from today and yesterday, making a record 122 for the week, which far out-passed last week’s record setting 71. And the 122 cases confirmed this week more than double’s October’s total of 59. The county also reported two new hospitalizations today. The county’s continued surge […]
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Public Health Confirms 17 New COVID-19 Cases as Spike Continues
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 17 new COVID-19 cases, making a record 73 already this week, and continuing a case surge that today landed the county in the state’s purple “widespread” risk tier, bringing new layers of restrictions on local businesses. Today’s report comes after Public Health reported yesterday that 56 cases — a single-day […]
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Public Health Confirms 19 COVID-19 Cases, Pushing Humboldt Past Weekly, Monthly Records
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 19 more COVID-19 cases today, making 73 this week, obliterating last week’s record for the most cases recorded in since the pandemic began and continuing a sharp caseload spike. Humboldt County has now confirmed 160 cases so far in November, the most in any single months since the pandemic began […]
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Sharp COVID Case Increase Continues
Public Health reported 29 COVID-19 cases since Friday, which meets the county’s single day record set last week. Another hospitalization was also confirmed. That comes after 53 cases were verified last week, the most recorded in that time period locally since the pandemic began. So far this month, the county has confirmed 116 cases after seeing […]
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Five New COVID Cases Cap Record Week of Virus Spread in Humboldt
A day after a record-setting report, Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today, making 53 this week, the most recorded locally in a single week since the pandemic began. Yesterday’s report — which included results from Wednesday, as well — tallied 29 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. So far this month, the county […]
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County Announces Record 29 New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that 29 new local COVID-19 cases were confirmed yesterday and today — the largest number of cases reported out in a single day since the pandemic began. Today’s cases make 48 reported so far this week and 82 this month, after the county recorded 59 in all of October. […]
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Travel, Gatherings Behind Most Recent COVID Cases
Humboldt County’s COVID count stands at 624 after Public Health confirmed four new cases today while a previous case was reassigned to another county. That brings this week’s tally to 19, so far. Last week saw 34 cases, the largest total in a single week since September. There were nine confirmed cases the previous week […]