Humboldt County Public Health reported one new COVID-19 hospitalization and four new cases today, while also reporting that nine cases have been removed from the county’s cumulative case tally because they were found tube from another jurisdiction, previously reported or not a confirmed case. The total number of Humboldt County residents who have tested positive […]
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Public Health Confirms 51 New COVID-19 Cases, One Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 51 new COVID-19 cases and one new hospitalization since its last report Friday. The case tally — which comes after the county saw 164 new cases of the virus confirmed last week — comes after laboratories processed 466 samples with a test-positivity rate of 10.9 […]
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HumCo Records Another COVID-19 Death, 33 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported another local COVID-19 death today, while confirming 33 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. The case tally — which brings the count’s total for the week to 164 — comes after laboratories processed 493 samples with a test-positivity rate of 6.7 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of […]
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Public Health Reports 10 New COVID-19 Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported 10 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. But the low case tally — which brings the count’s total for the week to 131 — comes after laboratories processed just 19 samples with a test-positivity rate of 52.6 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — […]
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Public Health Confirms One COVID-19 Death, One Hospitalization, 23 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health today confirmed one new COVID-19 death in a resident in their 80s, one hospitalization of a resident in their 60s and 23 new cases. Today’s death brings the county’s cumulative total to 108 after Public Health removed two deaths from the count yesterday as one was determined not to be COVID-related and […]
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Public Health Reports Another COVID-19 Death, Five New Hospitalizations
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 42 new cases of the virus and five new hospitalizations, including one of a child under the age of 10. The death — the county’s 107th due to the disease since the pandemic’s start, after Public Health today removed two previously […]
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Public Health Confirms 56 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 56 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, with no new related hospitalizations or deaths. The new cases come after laboratories processed 511 samples with a test-positivity rate of 11 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month since […]
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Public Health Confirms 10 New COVID-19 Cases; FDA Recommends Emergency Authorization Use of J&J Booster Dose
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new COVID-19 cases, with no additional deaths or hospitalizations reported. Public Health also reported that an advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend the FDA authorize emergency use for a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for adults 18 and older and authorize Moderna boosters for certain high-risk groups. […]
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County Marks 9,000th COVID-19 Case
Public Health confirmed 20 new COVID-19 cases today, pushing Humboldt County past a total of 9,000 cases, while also confirming a new hospitalization. The new cases come after laboratories processed 168 samples with a test-positivity rate of 11.9 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month since […]
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Two More HumCo Residents Die of COVID-19
Two more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 48 new cases of the virus. The county has now recorded 10 COVID-19 deaths to date in October, after 23 in September and 22 in August. The local death toll now stands at 108. The new cases come after laboratories […]
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Public Health Confirms 5 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today and one new hospitalization. The new cases come after laboratories processed 285 samples with a test-positivity rate of 1.8 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month since the pandemic began — the rate in Humboldt County […]
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Public Health Confirms Three Hospitalizations and 99 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reported 99 new COVID-19 cases with three new hospitalizations, including one person in their 60s and two people in their 70s. The new cases come after laboratories processed 581 samples with a test-positivity rate of 13.01 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month […]