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COVID REPORT: 46 New Cases Confirmed Since Friday; As Cases Rise, California Counties Urging Residents to Again Mask Indoors
Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center:
Forty-six new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Humboldt County since the most recent report Friday. A previously reported case has been removed after it was determined to be a duplicate. The total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus now stands at 4,775.
One new hospitalization of a resident in their 40s has also been reported since Friday.
Since the last weekly update on July 12, the county has reported 99 new cases of COVID-19, three new hospitalizations and two deaths. Of the residents who were hospitalized, one was in their 40s, one in their 60s and one in their 70s. One of the residents who died was in their 60s and the other in their 70s. To date, the county has reported a total of 219 hospitalizations and 53 d
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Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 46 new COVID-19 since Friday, as well as a new hospitalization, as local infection rates continue to climb. The cases announced today, which came after a total of 84 new cases were confirmed last week, were reported after laboratories processed 345 samples with a test-positivity rate of 13.3 percent. According to a state database, seven people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, including two under intensive care. The newly hospitalized resident is in their 40s, according to public health.