Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 58 new COVID-19 cases — making 295 so far this week — and seven new hospitalizations today. Today’s cases — which were confirmed after laboratories processed 531 samples with a test-positivity rate of 10.9 percent — came after a brutal August, which saw more than 2,000 new cases locally, eclipsing the […]
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Public Health Confirms 119 New COVID-19 Cases, Capping Month of Grim Records
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 119 new COVID-19 cases today — making 237 so far this week — as well as two new hospitalizations. Today’s cases — which were confirmed after laboratories processed 511 samples with a test-positivity rate of 23.3 precent — close a brutal August, which saw more than 2000 new cases locally, […]
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Public Health Confirms Five New COVID-19 Deaths, 10 New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County has lost five more residents to COVID-19, Public Health reported today, adding that it has confirmed 10 new hospitalizations and 118 new cases since Friday. The five deaths — including those of three residents in their 50s — come on the heels of six reported Friday and make 23 so far this month, […]
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Public Health Confirms Six New COVID-19 Deaths as Hospitalizations Hit Record High
Six more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while announcing three hospitalizations. “Each life lost to COVID-19 is a member of our community, someone’s family member, neighbor and friend,” said Public Health Director Sofia Pereira in a press release. “We grieve these losses for those who knew and loved them […]
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Public Health Reports 114 New Cases, ‘Vast Majority’ Hospitalizations Unvaccinated
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 114 new COVID-19 cases today — making 428 so far this week — as well as three new hospitalizations. Today’s cases — confirmed after laboratories processed 400 samples with a test-positivity rate of 28.5 percent — make 1,748 so far this month, to go with 73 hospitalizations and 12 deaths […]
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HumCo Records Three More COVID Deaths, Including First of Fully Vaccinated Person
Three more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, including one in their 20s and the county’s first fatality in a “breakthrough” case in a fully vaccinated individual in their 70s, Public Health reported today. “As with any vaccine, breakthrough cases do occur. Most are mild,” Health Officer Ian Hoffman said in a press release, […]
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Public Health Confirms 114 New COVID Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 114 new cases today — making 216 so far this week — while reporting two new hospitalizations. Today’s cases — which confirmed after laboratories processed 677 samples with a test-positivity rate of 16.8 percent — come after the county confirmed 362 new cases last week amid an ongoing surge fueled […]
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HumCo Reports Another COVID Death, 102 New Cases as Pfizer Vaccine Gets Full FDA Approval
A 62nd Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while announcing it had confirmed 102 new cases of the virus and four new hospitalizations since Friday. News of Humboldt County’s 62 COVID death — this one of someone in their 60s — comes just hours after the Food and Drug Administration […]
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Hospitals Stretched as Humboldt’s COVID-19 Surge Continues
Humboldt County continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fueled by the more contagious Delta variant, leading to “many critically ill” patients being flown out the area for treatment and the postponement of vital but non-emergency surgeries, according to an update from Health Officer Ian Hoffman. In his written report to the […]
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Two More HumCo Residents Die of COVID, 91 New Cases Reported
Two more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health announced today, while confirming 91 new cases of the virus and seven new hospitalizations. Both of the residents who died were in their 60s, according to Public Health, which also reported that one of the new hospitalizations is of a resident between the ages […]
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Public Health Confirms 53 New COVID-19 Cases, Five New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 53 new COVID-19 cases today — making 271 so far this week — and five new hospitalizations, including one of a resident in their 30s. Today’s cases — which were confirmed after laboratories processed 508 samples with a test-positivity rate of 10.4 percent — come after the county confirmed 471 […]
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A Letter from 111 Local Doctors: Please Get Vaccinated
Dear Community, We are your physicians. You have honored us by entrusting your lives to us, as well as the lives of your loved ones. We are also your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives. We share with you a deep love of this region and of our communities. Like you, we dream of a […]