Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today, while continuing to urge residents to sign up with the state’s My Turn vaccine registry and fill hundreds of open local appointments this weekend. The five cases were reported after laboratories processed 156 samples with a test-positivity rate of 3.2 percent. The county’s cumulative case […]
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County Surpasses 3K COVID-19 Cases, Available ICU Capacity Dips Below 15%
Humboldt County surpassed 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases today when Public Health reported 33 new cases, bringing the county’s tally to 3,009. While it took the county 290 days to record its first 1,000 cases, the next 1,000 came in 35 days and the next in 34 days. And while the county reported no new COVID-19 […]
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Costco Brings Back Samples … to Go
For some of us, it’s the simple things from the pre-pandemic days that bring about a wistful sigh. Like the slow cruise around Costco, casually sidling up to an end-cap cart for a toothpick-impaled ravioli. Or two. (We see you.) And yet it was with some concern that word spread of the return of samples. […]
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Public Health Confirms Three New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed three new COVID-19 tests today, making just five over the past three days — a welcome lull in a surge that has now seen 131 cases confirmed so far this month. Today’s cases come after Public Health tested 301 samples with a positivity rate of about 1 percent. Humboldt County […]
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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 […]