Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 20 new COVID-19 cases today, while reporting three additional hospitalizations, as well. In a presentation to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors this morning, Health Officer Ian Hoffman said no cases of the new Omicron variant have been confirmed locally, though he said he “fully expects” that to change. “We […]
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Public Health Confirms 80 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon that it confirmed 80 new COVID-19 cases with one new hospitalization since Friday’s report. Public Health reported the new Omicron variant has now been confirmed in about a third of the United States. While there are not yet any known cases in Humboldt County, health officials are asking […]
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Public Health Confirms 34 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 34 new COVID-19 cases today but reported no new hospitalizations. The county also reported today that since Nov. 19, two deaths and 11 hospitalizations have been recorded locally, with both deaths and 10 of the hospitalized residents unvaccinated. Public Health reported that the first known case of the new Omicron […]
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Public Health Confirms 22 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. Public Health reported that the first known case of the new Omicron variant was confirmed in the United States yesterday in San Francisco. While there are not yet any known cases in Humboldt County, health officials are asking doctors to ask their patients […]
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Public Health Confirms 23 New COVID-19 Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. Meanwhile, Public Health reported that the first known case of the new Omicron variant was confirmed in the United States today in San Francisco. While there re not yet any known cases in Humboldt County, health officials are asking doctors to […]
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Another COVID-19 Death, 21 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that another local resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 21 new cases of the virus and one new hospitalization. The resident who died was reportedly in their 50s, while the new hospitalizations were of residents in their 40s and 80s, according to Public Health. Today’s cases […]
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HumCo Passes 10K COVID-19 Cases; Another Death Reported
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, according to Public Health, which also reported this afternoon that it had confirmed 116 new cases of the virus with three new hospitalizations since its last report Wednesday. The cases reported today push the county’s cumulative case count past 10,000 since the pandemic’s start. The resident who […]
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Public Health Confirms Two Hospitalizations and 10 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new COVID-19 cases today, with two hospitalizations reported of a resident in their 50s and another in their 60s. Earlier today Public Health released a COVID-19 video update featuring Public Health Director Sofia Pereira who talked about the pending milestone of 10,000 local COVID-19 cases confirmed — which she said […]
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Public Health Confirms 10 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new cases today, along with one new hospitalization. Today’s cases — which make 156 so far this week on the heels of 118 confirmed last week — come after laboratories processed 312 samples with a test-positivity rate of 3.2 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — […]
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Public Health Confirms 75 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 75 new cases today, along with one new hospitalization. Today’s cases — which make 146 so far this week on the heels of 118 confirmed last week — come after laboratories processed 120 samples with a test-positivity rate of 62.5 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — […]
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Public Health: Another COVID-19 Death, 71 New Cases
Public Health reported today that another local resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 71 new cases of the virus and three new hospitalizations since Friday. Today’s report comes after Public Health confirmed 118 new cases of the virus, with four deaths and 10 hospitalizations last week. New countywide masking and quarantine orders, meanwhile, […]
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Public Health Announces 25 New COVID-19 Cases, New Quarantine Order
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 25 new COVID-19 cases today but reported no new hospitalizations. Today’s cases make 118 recorded over the past week, with four deaths and 10 hospitalizations. Public Health also announced that Health Officer Ian Hoffman has issued a new quarantine order that will go into effect Monday. The new order requires […]