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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Public Health: Five Positive COVID-19 Tests Bring County Total to 49
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that five COVID-19 tests from local residents have come back positive since Saturday, bringing the county’s total to 49. Forty-seven of those positive tests have been returned in the last 13 days, with 28 over the past week. Public Health is also reporting it believes six of the […]
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Public Health Announces Four More COVID-19 Cases, One More Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health announced another four positive COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s total to 44. There has also been another hospitalization, according to a Public Health press release. Forty-two of those positive tests have been returned in the last 11 days, with 23 over the past five. Public Health is also reporting it […]
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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 […]
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Public Health: People Should Wear Masks When Leaving Home
Humboldt County Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich is now recommending members of the public wear face coverings when leaving home to conduct essential business, saying the recommendation comes after “emerging information” that suggests a benefit to the practice. “Because of this, I am recommending that all members of our community use face coverings of some […]
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Public Health Announces Spike in Local COVID-19 Cases with Nine New Positives
Humboldt County’s spike in positive COVID-19 cases continued today in a big way, with Public Health announcing a 32 percent increase — nine new cases, bringing the county’s total to 37. All but two of those has been announced over the last nine days. “Follow the shelter-in-place order, and if you must leave your home, […]
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Humboldt County COVID-19 Cases Now at 21
Public Health announced this evening that it has recorded three new positive COVID-19 cases. Humboldt County’s spike in COVID-19 cases continued Saturday, with Public Health announcing four new positive cases. Today’s announcement brings the county-wide total to 21. All but one of those have been reported in the last 10 days, including news last week […]
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COVID-19 Spike Continues with Four New Positive Cases
Humboldt County’s spike in COVID-19 cases continued Saturday, with Public Health announcing four new positive cases, bringing the county’s tally to 18. Public Health said the source of infection for the four additional cases is currently under investigation, as are the county’s three previous positive cases, and investigators will work through the weekend. The county […]
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HSU Partners with Public Health to Produce COVID-19 Test Kits
Humboldt State University announced it is partnering with Public Health to locally produce desperately needed COVID-19 test kits. According to a university press release, a group of HSU faculty, staff and alumni spent Thursday in the Department of Biological Sciences developing 1,250 test kits, supplies that are in high demand and short supply locally and […]
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Humboldt COVID-19 Cases Climb to 14, with Two Additional Positives Announced Today
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed two additional local COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county’s total to 14. Earlier today, Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich said two cases confirmed late yesterday are not related to an international traveling group tied to seven of the county’s cases to date. She said her department is still conducting […]
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Public Health Announces Two New COVID-19 Cases, First Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health announced two more positive COVID-19 tests this afternoon and that a different local resident has been hospitalized with the disease. An investigation is underway into how the latest positive residents contracted the virus, and Public Health released no information regarding the condition of the person hospitalized. The number of confirmed COVID-19 […]
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Public Health Announces Five More COVID-19 Cases Today
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Humboldt County doubled today after five additional positive tests were returned, bringing the total to 10, Humboldt County Public Health announced. A day after announcing that two members of a group that had recently returned from international travel had tested positive, the department announced today that four additional […]