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
Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 4:07 PM click to enlarge Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory staff Paula Moon (left) and Alyssa McCloud catalog incoming tests. Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 44 new COVID-19 cases today making 169 for the week, the highest weekly tally since late January and a more than doubling of last week s total of 84. It s the highest single-day total since mid-May. One new hospitalization was also reported today and, according to a state database, 13 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 locally, including two under intensive care. Today s cases were confirmed after laboratories processed 393 samples with a test positivity rate of 11.2 percent. Statewide, the test-positivity rate over the past seven days sits at 4.1 percent t
Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 4:01 PM click to enlarge Submitted Humboldt County Public Health Microbiologist Annayal Yikum prepares patient samples for the COVID-19 testing process.
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 29 new COVID-19 cases today making 125 so far this week. Today s cases which come after the county confirmed 84 new cases last week amid a recent surge in virus activity were confirmed after laboratories processed 186 samples with a test positivity rate of 15.6 percent. Statewide, the test-positivity rate over the past seven days sits at 4.1 percent the highest since February which is dwarfed by the local rate of 14 percent over the same period.