Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases today, setting a single-week record for the third consecutive week with 165 cases. After confirming 59 cases in October, Humboldt County has seen its COVID-19 caseload spike sharply in recent weeks amid a national and statewide surge. The county confirmed 328 cases last month and has […]
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Humboldt on Cusp of 900 COVID Cases
Humboldt County Public Health reports 48 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed since Friday. Five more hospitalizations were also reported. The, yet another, record-setting number comes on the heels of a record 122 cases last week, which overshadowed the previous week’s record setting 71. All of October saw 59 cases. This month recorded 328 positive […]
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HumCo Public Health Confirms 31 New Cases, Making a Record 122 for the Week
Humboldt County Public Health reported 31 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases from today and yesterday, making a record 122 for the week, which far out-passed last week’s record setting 71. And the 122 cases confirmed this week more than double’s October’s total of 59. The county also reported two new hospitalizations today. The county’s continued surge […]
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Three COVID Cases Reported in Hoopa
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Office of Emergency Services COVID-19 Incident Management Team reported three new COVID-19 cases from the K’ima:w Medical Center today, bringing the total to 61, with 58 considered recovered. “Traveling outside of the area, or having close contact with those who are not in our immediate households continue to be our biggest […]
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Humboldt COVID Cases Still Rising
Humboldt County Public Health reported 18 additional COVID-19 cases today, making a record 91 so far this week, breaking last week’s 71 mark and closing in on nearly double October’s monthlong total of 59. The county’s continued surge in cases has landed Humboldt in the state’s purple “widespread” risk tier, bringing new layers of restrictions […]
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Public Health Confirms 17 New COVID-19 Cases as Spike Continues
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 17 new COVID-19 cases, making a record 73 already this week, and continuing a case surge that today landed the county in the state’s purple “widespread” risk tier, bringing new layers of restrictions on local businesses. Today’s report comes after Public Health reported yesterday that 56 cases — a single-day […]
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Public Health Asks for Community’s Help in Contact Tracing
With a surge in cases, Public Health is changing its COVID-19 contact tracing process and is asking for the public’s help in navigating the current circumstances. Moving forward, contact tracers will continue to contact those who test positive for an initial interview but will be designating cases as either “priority” or “low risk,” with healthcare […]
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Latest COVID Cases Catapult Past Previous Record
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed 56 more COVID-19 cases since Friday, quickly closing in on last week’s record-breaking 71, which itself had obliterated a record for the most cases recorded in a single week since the pandemic began. The entire month of October saw 59 cases. Now November stands at more than 200 cases […]
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2 Humboldt Bay Firefighters Test Positive for COVID
Humboldt Bay Fire announced today that two firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19, with both “recovering well and currently isolated at home,” according to a news release. The release states the location and cause of the positive tests are currently unknown but stations have been deep cleaned, staff is being tested and contact tracing is […]
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Humboldt at 699 COVID Cases
Public Health reported four COVID-19 cases today as November’s numbers continue to climb, eclipsing last’s month’s 58 with nearly two weeks left to go. Another hospitalization was also confirmed. Fifty-three cases were verified last week, the most recorded in that time period locally since the pandemic began. So far this month, the county has confirmed […]
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Sharp COVID Case Increase Continues
Public Health reported 29 COVID-19 cases since Friday, which meets the county’s single day record set last week. Another hospitalization was also confirmed. That comes after 53 cases were verified last week, the most recorded in that time period locally since the pandemic began. So far this month, the county has confirmed 116 cases after seeing […]
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Five New COVID Cases Cap Record Week of Virus Spread in Humboldt
A day after a record-setting report, Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today, making 53 this week, the most recorded locally in a single week since the pandemic began. Yesterday’s report — which included results from Wednesday, as well — tallied 29 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. So far this month, the county […]