COVID REPORT: 35,000+ Vaccine Doses Administered in Humboldt; 10 New Cases Reported Wednesday
Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center:
Humboldt County Public Health and other approved local vaccinators have administered 35,828 doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of yesterday, Tuesday, March 9. This information is reflected in today’s weekly update of the Humboldt County Data Dashboard.
The Dashboard now includes information about Humboldt County residents who have received one or more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This new metric shows the count and percentage of the local population that have at least some protection against the virus, which currently stands at 23,388 or 17.2%.
Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 3:57 PM Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 42 new COVID-19 cases since Friday and that the state has issued new guidelines for outdoor live performances. The 42 new cases were reported after labs processed 737 samples with a test-positivity rate of 5.7 percent, bringing the county s case count to 3,308. The county also reported two new COVID-related hospitalizations while removing four others from the county s cumulative hospitalization total, saying they were determined to have been hospitalized for reasons unrelated to their positive COVID-19 tests. The county reported that four people are currently hospitalized due to the virus and local available intensive care unit capacity sits at 25 percent.
It has been nearly a year since Humboldt County Public Health issued a shelter-in-place order that required local residents to stay in their homes except.
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 12 new COVID-19 cases today while reporting the county has passed the milestone of fully vaccinating its 10,000th local resident..