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Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 32 new COVID-19 cases today with two new hospitalizations — including one of a person in their 20s — making 120 cases and five hospitalizations so far this week. The report came after state health officials announced yesterday that the state will be re-imposing an indoor mask mandate statewide beginning […]

Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon that it had confirmed 88 new COVID-19 cases with three new hospitalizations since Friday. The report came after state health officials announced earlier in the day that the state will be re-imposing an indoor mask mandate statewide beginning Wednesday morning, citing a 47-percent increase in new cases since […]

Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 14 new COVID-19 cases today and one new hospitalization. Today’s cases — which make 246 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 219 samples with a test-positivity rate of 6.4 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 percent in July — the highest for any month since […]

Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 18 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. Public Health also announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given emergency use authorization to expand eligibility for a single Pfizer booster dose to 16 and 17 year olds if it has been six months or more since […]

Humboldt County has lost its 120th resident to COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 35 new cases of the virus and one new hospitalization. The resident who died was in their 70s, according to Public Health. The county also reported today that 1,162 additional Humboldt County residents have become fully vaccinated since its last […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]