Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – The receding and resurging behavior of coronavirus continues as the county’s health officer warns that restrictions may intensify again. Late last month, the county’s state-assigned COVID-19 risk status was downgraded from the purple or widespread risk category to the red or substantial risk tier. At the time, Health…
Purple Tier is back as case rate worsens
Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Ian Hoffman said the adjusted case rate of 25.2 and positivity rate of 6.5 percent are well above meeting the criteria for the purple tier. “This move by the state reflects what we had been seeing over the past month with the virus worsening locally,” he said.
COVID scourge steeply surging
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – COVID-19 is surging and what Humboldt’s health officer has described as a “steep climb in cases” has moved the county into the state’s highest risk category, effecting new restrictions and a curfew. Disease is spreading at an unprecedented pace nationally, statewide and now, locally. Humboldt saw 122 cases…
48 new cases – ‘act as if you may have been exposed’
Nov. 30, 2020 – 48 New Cases Reported Since Friday Forty-eight additional cases of COVID-19 have been reported since Friday. A total of 898 county residents have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began, with more than 300 cases reported in November alone. Residents who participated in high-risk activities over the holidays are…
County swept up in ‘alarming’ infection trend
Note: this story was published just before Humboldt County entered the Purple Tier indicating “widespread” coronavirus cases. – Ed. Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Humboldt County had been “luckier than most” with spread of COVID-19, Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich has said, but luck has run out – the county’s case rate has…
It’s official – Humboldt empurpled
Nov. 24, 2020 – 17 New Cases; County in Purple Tier; Stay at Home Order Starts Thursday at 10 p.m. 17 New Cases Reported Today; State Assigns Humboldt County to Purple Tier; Limited Stay at Home Order Takes Effect Wednesday A total of 801 county residents have tested positive for COVID-19, after 17 new cases…
With 56 new cases, looks like we’re going purple
Humboldt’s internal data show the county’s case rate at over 7.0, and it is expected that the county will move into the Purple or “Widespread” Tier tomorrow under the state’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy.”
Humboldt edges toward purple tier, where new restrictions await
“While our case rate has accelerated markedly, we are sitting in the high end of the red tier locally. Now is the time for us all to work together to protect our community and slow the spread of COVID-19.”