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Posted By Iridian Casarez on Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 5:10 PM click to enlarge Public health A Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory employee processes a COVID-19 test. Humboldt County Public Health has confirmed 18 new COVID-19 cases and one new hospitalization of a person in their 60s, bringing the countywide total to 4,989. Today s results come after laboratories processed 62 samples.
According to a state database, 16 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, including four under intensive care.
In a press release today, Public Health highlighted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s revised masking guidance due to the increased spread of the Delta variant, which is believed to be more contagious than other C
Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 4:30 PM click to enlarge Humboldt County Public Health Microbiologist Annayal Yikum prepares patient samples for the COVID-19 testing process. Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 74 new COVID-19 cases and three new hospitalizations since Friday. Today s cases which follow 169 confirmed last week and 84 confirmed the week before come after laboratories processed 764 samples with a test-positivity rate of 9.7 percent. According to a state database, 15 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, including three under intensive care. In a press release today, public health reported that of the 193 county residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since July 19, 24 were children under the age of 10 and over the
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From the Humboldt County Public Health Division:
Humboldt County joins 25 other California counties in recommending that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask indoors in public places.
As the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 is increasingly circulating locally, masking indoors is an extra precautionary measure for those who are fully vaccinated and ensures easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings. The State of California requires unvaccinated individuals to wear a mask indoors.
Locally, the Delta variant made up 25% of sequenced samples in June, and health officials anticipate that number will increase. The Delta variant represents more than 50% of sequenced COVID-positive test samples statewide, according to the most recent genomic sequencing data from the California Department of Public Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that the Delta variant is now responsible for 83% of new infec
Press release from the Humboldt County Public Health Division:
Forty-four (44) new cases of COVID-19 and one new hospitalization of a person in their 50s have been reported in Humboldt County today. The total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus now stands at 4,897.
Today’s is the highest single-day case count reported since May 13, when strong public health measures were in still in place statewide. This week, the seven-day average positivity rate reached 11%, the highest rate for Humboldt County at any point in the last 12 months. Positivity rate is the percentage of tests performed that came back positive and is a critical measure of how widespread infection is in the community.