Nevada Joint Union High School District Superintendent Brett McFadden expects the vast majority of his students and staff to abide by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 1. But he also expects around 10 of his employees to quit out of personal or political opposition to it. “It’s a really […]
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Public Health Reports Another COVID Death, 33 New Cases
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 33 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. The death — the fourth reported this week — was of a resident over the age of 80, bringing the county’s cumulative pandemic death toll to 102. The new cases — […]
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HumCo Records 100th COVID Death, 35 New Cases Confirmed
Humboldt County surpassed 100 COVID-19 deaths today, after the county confirmed three more residents have died of the virus, while also reporting 35 new cases and two new hospitalizations. The three residents who died were all over the age of 80, and bring the county’s pandemic death toll to 101. The county also reported today […]
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14 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Hospitalizations Reported
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 14 new COVID-19 cases today and reported two new hospitalizations. The new cases — which come on the heels of 243 confirmed last week and make 135 so far this week — come after laboratories processed 310 samples with a test-positivity rate of 4.5 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of […]
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Public Health Confirms 121 New COVID Cases, Four New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon that it has confirmed 121 new COVID-19 cases since Friday with four new hospitalizations. The new cases — which come on the heels of 243 confirmed last week — come after laboratories processed 545 samples with a test-positivity rate of 22.2 percent. After recording a test-positivity rate of 10.1 […]
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Public Health Confirms 40 New COVID-19 Cases, Two New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 40 new COVID-19 cases today — making 243 this week — as well as two new hospitalizations. Public Health also offered new data on so-called breakthrough cases of fully vaccinated individuals, noting that one of the five deaths and two of the 14 hospitalizations recorded over the past week were […]
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Student COVID Vaccinations: California Becomes First State to Require Them for Kids in Schools
In another aggressive effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and ensure schools remain open, Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a vaccine mandate for students ages 12 and older, making California the first state in the nation to require students to be fully vaccinated for in-person instruction. The mandate would add the COVID-19 vaccine to […]
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A 98th HumCo Resident Dies of COVID-19
A 98th Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while also confirming 54 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. A state database shows 29 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, with five under intensive care. The local hospital census peaked Sept. 3 with 42 COVID-19 patients, then steadily declined […]
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Public Health Reports Four New COVID Hospitalizations, 40 New Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 40 new COVID-19 cases this afternoon — making 149 so far this week — as well as four new hospitalizations. Public Health also reported today that over the course of the last seven days, the ranks of Humboldt County’s fully vaccinated population have grown by 909 people. A state database shows […]
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HumCo Records Three More COVID-19 Deaths, 46 New Cases
Three more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 46 new cases of the virus and two new hospitalizations. The residents who died were in their 70s, according to Public Health, and make 22 COVID-19 deaths so far this month — matching August’s record tally — including nine over […]
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Public Health Reports Another COVID-19 Death, Four New Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 63 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, with four new hospitalization and another COVID-19 death, the county’s 94th. The resident who died was in their 50s, according to Public Health, with one resident each in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s accounting for the new hospitalizations. […]
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Public Health: Of 12 COVID-19 Hospitalizations This Week, 11 Were Unvaccinated
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today but, for the first time in more than a week, did not report a COVID-19 death locally. A state database shows 24 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, with two under intensive care. The local hospital census peaked Sept. 3 with 42 […]