Humboldt County Public Health confirmed two new COVID-19 cases today, making 24 for the week, and the Joint Information Center raised the county’s overall alert level to 3. The county alert level — which ranges from Level 1 to Level 4 — is based on three factors officials believe help gauge individual and community risk: […]
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Humboldt County Hits 200 COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total to 200 since February, with 67 in July alone. COVID-19 cases are spiking across the nation, including in California and Humboldt County, which has seen 19 cases this week alone. Today’s milestone number includes the results of 162 tests. There were […]
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A Pandemic Homecoming: As COVID Spreads Through Prisons, the State is Releasing Inmates Early with Little Planning
It was just days before the July Fourth weekend when Humboldt County Chief Probation Officer Shaun Brenneman got the official word: A handful of state inmates were being released early as COVID-19 continued to tear through state facilities. The released inmates would arrive in a couple days, Brenneman was told, including one who’d tested positive […]
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Barriers to Care: Why Humboldt’s Latinx Population is Being Hit Disproportionately Hard by COVID-19
Standing in Eureka’s La Pasadita Market on a recent afternoon, Isabel Ortiz says she’s had a hard time getting information on COVID-19, how to prevent its spread and what to do if she or someone she knows starts experiencing symptoms. Ortiz, who works at the market, only speaks Spanish and most of the COVID-19 information […]
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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 Announces Nine New COVID Cases Total, Three in Local Residents
The Humboldt County Joint Information Center reported today that it Public Health has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 — three in local residents and six in visitors to the area. The new cases continue a spike that has now seen 51 cases — 45 in local residents — confirmed over the past 16 days, […]
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Public Health Confirms Five New COVID-19 Cases, Continuing Recent Spike
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today, which follows six announced Friday and makes 37 over the past 14 days. It’s the county’s largest case spike since a 15-day period that began March 24 — five days after Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich issued a shelter-in-place order that confined people to […]
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Public Health Confirms Six New COVID-19 Cases on Eve of Holiday Weekend
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed six new COVID-19 cases, continuing a recent spike and making 30 new cases locally over the past two weeks. The county’s Joint Information Center announced the tally this morning heading into the holiday weekend after telling media yesterday they would not be announcing test results. The six new cases […]
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Public Health Confirms Three New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed three new COVID-19 cases today. The news continues a recent spike that has seen 28 cases confirmed locally over the past two weeks, bringing the countywide tally to 136. According to a news release, 84 cases were contracted through a known case, 28 via travel and 23 were from community […]
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‘It Is Not Safe:’ Frankovich Warns Against Gatherings, Mingling Households
With Humboldt County Public Health having confirmed 21 new COVID-19 cases over the past week and statewide case counts increasing by the thousands day after day, county Health Officer Teresa Frankovich began her June 30 media availability not with a reporter’s question but with a warning. “I’m guessing most people in the county have been […]
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Public Health Announces Four New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirms four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county total to 133. Today’s test results come after 17 cases were confirmed last week and continue a spike that has seen 28 new local cases since June 12. To date, the county has seen 133 cases, including 15 patients who were hospitalized at […]
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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 […]