Friday 7 August: New Humboldt County COVID-19 confirmed today: 2 – Standard Time

Edited from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center release:

After two new cases were reported today, the total number of cases in Humboldt County reached 282.

Due to the increasing pace of cases, public health yesterday raised the effectiveness of disease management to level 3 with the county’s alert level assessment tool. This does not change the overall alert level, but is currently 3 or Level Orange, but Dr. Teresa Francovich, Humboldt County Health Officer, called for an increase in related incidents.

“Forty-nine cases have been reported this week alone, or about 17% of all cases since February,” she said. “These developments should deepen our commitment to do everything we can to limit the spread of this virus.”

Dr. Francovic continues, saying: Family and friends. These types of choices really make a difference to our county. “

The Public Health Laboratory cannot operate fully today due to major plumbing problems at night that flooded parts of the laboratory and caused serious damage to the Director of Public Health and the offices of both public health officials. was. The damage is a fixture mounted overhead in one office and a partial collapse of the ceiling in another. Michele Stevens, Dr. Teresa Francovich, Dr. Josh Ennis have been temporarily moved into the building while the office is being repaired. Although some operations were impacted, a public health official said the lab “did not skip all at once” from a COVID testing perspective.

COVID-19 daily test results

For the latest information on COVID-19, please visit: CDC.gov Or CDPH.ca.gov.. For local information, humboldtgov.org, Phone 707-441-5000 or email [email protected]..

What do these numbers mean?

• Newly confirmed cases of COVID-19-The number of positive cases seen in the test since the last report.
• Total cases confirmed-Number of positive cases confirmed in tests since the beginning of the pandemic, including those who have recovered from the disease.
• Total recovery-Number of confirmed cases that are no longer quarantined. This means they meet the criteria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for liberation. There is no fever for at least 3 days without using antipyretic drug, and more than 10 days have passed since the onset of symptoms etc.
• Total death-Number of people who died after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
• Total hospitalization-The total number of people hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic, where confirmed cases of COVID have been confirmed. It also includes people who have been released.
• Number of tests run since the last report-The number of tests run since the most recent reporting period.
  • Public Health Institute— The number of tests performed at the Humboldt County Public Health Institute since the latest reporting period.
  • OptumServe-The number of tests performed on Eureka’s OptumServe test site since the latest reporting period.
  • Willow Creek Public Test Site-The number of tests run on Willy Creek’s Verily test site since the last reporting period.
• Total number of tests executed so far-Total number of tests executed so far.
  • Public Health Institute-Total number of tests performed so far at the Humboldt County Institute of Public Health.
  • OptumServe-Total number of tests ever performed at Eureka’s OptumServe test site.
  • Willow Creek Public Test Site-The total number of tests performed so far on Willy Creek’s Verily test site since the last reporting period.
• Public Health Laboratory Testing Capabilities-Approximate number of test kits that are complete and ready to administer. This number will be reduced by testing and will increase as additional supply is acquired.
• Public Health Institute time required-Estimated time taken for each test run. Each run can contain up to 20 samples. You can run multiple batches every day.
• Transmission data
  • Travel rewards-domestic, international, regional
  • Contact with known cases-Individuals found to be in direct contact with people diagnosed as virus positive
  • Communities Infection — Spread without traveling or contacting other confirmed cases
  • Under Investigation-Confirmed cases where the mode of communication has not yet been determined.
• Regional data-Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases by region. The three reporting areas of Humboldt County are:
  • North Humboldt — Extends south from highway 299 to Del Norte County (north) to Highway 299 (south).
  • Greater Humboldt Bay Area—extends south from Highway 299 (north) to Highway 36 (south).
  • South Humboldt-Highway 36 (north) extends south to Mendocino County and the southern border.
• sex-Gender of individuals who test positive for COVID-19. Total number of cases as a percentage.
• Average age-Average age of all individuals who test positive for COVID-19. Average age is calculated by summing all ages of the individual and dividing by the number of cases.
• Age group-Number of The total age group of individuals tested positive for COVID-19.
• Testing and confirmed case rates compared to California-Number of tests performed per 100,000 people. The number of tests performed is provided by the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE). This includes Humboldt County Public Health Institute, OptumServe Public Test Site, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, CDPH, CDC, and Point-of-Care Devices. Population estimates are based on US Census Bureau data. The rate per 100,000 is calculated by dividing the total number of tests performed by the jurisdictional population and multiplying the result by 100,000.
• Case rates confirmed in comparison with California-Defined number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000. Test results are provided by CalREDIE. This includes tests performed by the Humboldt County Institute of Public Health, OptumServe Public Test Site, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, CDPH, CDC and Point of Care Devices. Population estimates are based on US Census Bureau data. The rate per 100,000 is calculated by dividing the total number of confirmed cases by the jurisdiction’s population and multiplying the result by 100,000.

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