Humboldt County Public Health is urging local residents to participate in a virtual town hall meeting with local officials Monday evening to discuss the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting, which will be be broadcast and streamed live, will include Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Director Connie Beck, Board of […]
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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 […]
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SECOND UPDATE: County Announces Fifth COVID-19 Case
SECOND UPDATE: A fifth person has tested positive for COVID-19, health officials announced, but no further information was immediately released. According to officials, more details about the case will be released tomorrow. Read the full release at the bottom of the story. UPDATE: A fourth case of COVID-19 related to the travel group has been […]
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Public Health Officer Urges Vigilance to ‘Improve our Odds’
Humboldt County Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich stressed the importance of social distancing and sheltering in place in a video sent to local media Monday afternoon, even as the county Public Health lab reported no new cases of the COVID-19 virus. “The whole point of us all making this sacrifice is it improves our odds,” […]
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Public Health: 38 More COVID-19 Tests Today All Negative
The Humboldt County Department of Public Health announced that its lab has tested samples from 38 additional people for COVID-19 since yesterday’s report and all came back negative. Yesterday Humboldt County confirmed its second positive COVID-19 test in someone who had recently traveled to a “high-risk” country, with officials saying there is no evidence of […]
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County Confirms Second COVID-19 Case, Community Transmission Not Believed to be a Factor
Humboldt County has confirmed its second case of COVID-19 but it was found in an individual who had recently traveled to a high-risk country, and officials do not believe community transmission was a factor. “Our thoughts go out to this individual and we wish them a full recovery,” County Heatlh Officer Teresa Frankovich said. “We […]
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Public Health Officer Explains Shelter in Place Order
Humboldt County Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich explained at a press conference this afternoon that the shelter-in-place order taking effect locally at midnight tonight is a response to changing COVID-19 conditions elsewhere and “not because there is a significant change in our own community.” “I’m issuing this order right now because of the changes that […]
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UPDATED: County to Issue Shelter in Place Order, Effective at Midnight
Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich has scheduled a press conference this afternoon at which time she will announce an order directing local residents to shelter in place beginning at midnight tonight in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The news conference will be live streamed here. Counties from the Bay […]
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Drastic Change
On March 11, Humboldt County Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich sat behind a small table in a downtown Eureka conference room and calmly explained that she had declared a local health emergency in response to the COVID-19 virus, describing it as a proactive step that would free additional resources and increase coordination between state, local […]
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What You Need to Know
With the COVID-19 landscape changing minute-by-minute, here’s a quick rundown on some of the basics, including what symptoms to look for, whom to call and where to look for more information, as well as what financial assistance is available if the virus impacts a person’s business or ability to work. What to watch for: According […]