For the second day in a row, Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed four new COVID-19 cases, bringing the countywide total to 165. Of the cases recorded to date, 103 were acquired through contact with a known case, 37 through travel and 23 through community transmission, meaning they caught the virus from an unknown source […]
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Public Health Announces Nine New COVID Cases Total, Three in Local Residents
The Humboldt County Joint Information Center reported today that it Public Health has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 — three in local residents and six in visitors to the area. The new cases continue a spike that has now seen 51 cases — 45 in local residents — confirmed over the past 16 days, […]
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Public Health Confirms Five New COVID-19 Cases, Continuing Recent Spike
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today, which follows six announced Friday and makes 37 over the past 14 days. It’s the county’s largest case spike since a 15-day period that began March 24 — five days after Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich issued a shelter-in-place order that confined people to […]
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Public Health Confirms Six New COVID-19 Cases on Eve of Holiday Weekend
Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed six new COVID-19 cases, continuing a recent spike and making 30 new cases locally over the past two weeks. The county’s Joint Information Center announced the tally this morning heading into the holiday weekend after telling media yesterday they would not be announcing test results. The six new cases […]
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Public Health Confirms Three New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed three new COVID-19 cases today. The news continues a recent spike that has seen 28 cases confirmed locally over the past two weeks, bringing the countywide tally to 136. According to a news release, 84 cases were contracted through a known case, 28 via travel and 23 were from community […]
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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 […]
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Public Health Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases, Making 19 this Week
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed two new COVID-19 cases today, making a total of 19 for the week and bringing the countywide tally to 129, as well as another hospitalization. The news comes after Wednesday saw nine cases confirmed — matching the county’s single day high set back in early April — as well as […]
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Appointments for June 29 COVID-19 Testing in McKinleyville Filled; Another Date Set
The county’s COVID-19 information center reports that appointments to be tested at a pop-up site in McKinleyville on June 29 have filled up. A second pop-up site has been scheduled for July 6 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. To schedule a test for that date, call 268-2503. Humboldt County residents can also visit the mobile […]
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COVID-19 Spike Continues as Public Health Confirms Five New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today, making a total of 17 for the week and bringing the countywide tally to 127. Public Health reports that it has traced four of today’s five positive cases back to contact with a known COVID-19 case, while the source of the fifth case remains under […]
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HumCo Resident Tests COVID-19 Positive in Trinity
Trinity County Public Health announced yesterday that a Humboldt County resident who’d been residing over the county line for the past two weeks has been confirmed to have COVID-19. “This individual has returned to Humboldt County and will be monitored by Humboldt County Public Health,” Trinity County announced in a press release, adding that it […]
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Public Health Confirms Nine New COVID-19 Cases, Matching Single Day High
Humboldt County Public Health announced today that it has confirmed nine new COVID-19 cases, the largest single-day case spike in more than two months. The nine new cases — which came after just 125 tests were processed today — make 12 confirmed so far this week, and 17 since June 12. Today’s case spike matches […]
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Public Health Confirms Two New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed two new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the countywide total to 110. Today’s results make five new cases that have been confirmed locally this week, which follows a stretch that had seen just one new case over the past seven days. Nationally, 2.2 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, with 118,365 […]