Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal and Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich sat down this afternoon to talk about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement today that the state will begin to gradually lift its shelter-in-place order Friday and what that news means locally. Watch the full video embedded below.
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After Big Testing Report, County COVID-19 Tally Still at 54
With another 157 tests processed, Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that there are no new confirmed local COVID-19 cases. Today’s results come after Public Health processed another 134 samples and corporate labs reported results from another 23. Of the 54 cases Humboldt County has confirmed to date, 52 of the patients have since […]
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After 65 More Tests, Public Health Announces No New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
With another 65 tests processed, Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that there are no new confirmed local COVID-19 cases. Today’s results come after Public Health processed another 42 samples and corporate labs reported results from another 23. Of the 54 cases Humboldt County has confirmed to date, 52 of the patients have since […]
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Public Health: No New Covid-19 Cases Found After 85 More Tests
With another 85 tests processed, Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that there are no new confirmed local COVID-19 cases. Today’s results come after Public Health processed another 62 samples and corporate labs reported results from another 23. Of the 54 cases Humboldt County has confirmed to date, 52 of the patients have since […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Humboldt not Included in Beach Closures
SECOND UPDATE: Beach visits in Humboldt County are back on after Gov. Gavin Newsom limited closures to the more southern reaches of the state after local officials reached out about including the region in the ban. Sheriff William Honsal, who earlier today said he would not enforce such an order and that Northern California was […]
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Public Health Confirms 54th Positive COVID-19 Case
For the second time in the past week, Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed another new COVID-19 case, bringing the countywide tally to 54. Today’s results come after Public Health processed another 62 samples and corporate labs reported results from another 11, bringing the day’s total to 73. Of the 54 cases Humboldt County has […]
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Public Health: No New COVID Cases as County Increases Testing Capacity
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon it has confirmed no new COVID-19 cases after 58 additional tests, leaving the countywide case count at 53, with 52 of those people having recovered. Just three local samples have tested positive since April 7, with the most recent coming Friday. With today’s results, the county has now […]
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Public Health: No New COVID-19 Cases, 1.5% of Local Population Tested
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon no new COVID-19 cases after 36 additional tests, leaving the countywide case count at 53, with 52 of those people having recovered. Just three local samples have tested positive since April 7, with the most recent coming Friday. With today’s results, the county has now seen more than […]
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Public Health: No New COVID-19 Cases, One New Hospitalization
Humboldt County Public Health announced no new positive COVID-19 cases after processing 80 more local samples, though the county has seen another resident hospitalized due to the disease. The announcement comes after the county confirmed its 53rd case yesterday, breaking an eight-day streak of new no cases and marking just the third local sample to […]
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Public Health Confirms First Local COVID-19 Case in Eight Days
For the first time in more than a week, Humboldt County has a new COVID-19 case. Public Health announced this afternoon that the county has confirmed its 53rd case, breaking a streak of eight days without a new case. This is the just the third local sample that has returned positive since April 7. The […]
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Time to Mask Up, Humboldt
At one minute past midnight today, facial coverings became the law of land in Humboldt County under an order announced Tuesday by county Health Officer Teresa Frankovich. The ideal is simply: By wearing a mask you help protect others from a possible transmission of COVID-19 and when other people wear facial coverings, they help protect […]
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Local COVID Models Forecast Dozens of Deaths, More Than 100 Hospitalizations
Local models used by Public Health to predict the spread of COVID-19 project that if Humboldt County keeps all current social distancing orders in place, it could still see 28 deaths by December, at which point there could be 145 hospitalizations, with 64 people under intensive care and 38 using ventilators. That’s one of two […]