No Additional Positive Tests on April 21
Press release from Humboldt County COVID19 – Joint Information Center:
There were no additional positive cases of COVID-19 confirmed Tuesday. The total case count remains at 52 with 50 of those cases recovered.
Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich said this slow period affords community residents time to continue to get ready for the next phase. “With continued social distancing and mandatory facial covering, we can keep our community safe and prepare for what may lie ahead.”
The following information is based on the most recent data available for all confirmed cases:
- Contact to a Known Case: 23
- Travel-Acquired: 20
- Community Transmission: 9
- Under Investigation: 0
As of Friday, April 17, a total of 1,614 county residents have been tested since the outbreak began. Humboldt County’s testing rate of 1,137 per 100,000 residents exceeds the estimated state rate of 666 per 100,000 and the national rate of 1,075 per 100,000 people. The rate of confirmed cases in the county stands at 38 per 100,000 residents, with the state rate nearly double that at an estimated 72 cases per 100,000. The estimated U.S. rate is 209 confirmed cases per 100,000 people.
- Approximately 83% of cases are located in or around Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville and Fortuna
- Males: 48%
- Females: 52%
- Mean age: 45
For the most recent COVID-19 information, visit cdc.gov or cdph.ca.gov. Local information is available at humboldtgov.org or during business hours by contacting [email protected] or calling 707-441-5000.
What do the numbers mean?
- Total new confirmed cases—the number of test-confirmed positive cases since the previous report.
- Total number of confirmed cases—the number of test-confirmed positive cases since the pandemic began, including people who have recovered from the illness.
- Total number of hospitalizations—total number of people with confirmed cases of COVID who have been hospitalized since the pandemic began, including people who have been released.
- Total number recovered—the number of confirmed cases who are no longer in isolation, meaning they have met Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria for release, including absence of fever for at least three days without use of fever-reducing medicine, improvement in symptoms and have had seven days or more since onset of symptoms.
- Total number of people tested by Public Health Laboratory—number of people whose sample was tested by the Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory.
- Total number of people tested by all other sources—total number of tests performed by the CDC, the CDPH, LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics. Non-local labs have a slower turnaround time than our local lab.
- Public Health Laboratory test capacity—the approximate number of testing kits that are complete and ready to be administered. This number is decreased by testing and increased as additional supplies are acquired.
- Public Health Laboratory turnaround time—the estimated amount of time it takes per testing run. Each run can include up to 20 samples; multiple batches can be run each day.
- Transmission data
- travel-acquired—nationally, internationally or regionally
- contact to known case—an individual found to have been in direct contact with someone who tested positive for the virus
- community transmission—spread without travel or known contact to any other confirmed case
- under investigation—confirmed case whose means of transmission has not yet been determined.
- Regional data
- Currently measured by percentage of confirmed cases living in a densely populated area.
- Soon to be represented instead by region after minimum thresholds of positive cases per region have been reached.
- Gender—the gender of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19. Total cases, shown by percentage.
- Mean age—the average age of all the individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19. Average age is calculated by adding all the ages of individuals together and dividing by the number of cases.
- Test rates and confirmed case rates relative to the State of California—the number of tests performed per 100,000 people. Numbers of tests performed are provided by the Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, CDPH and the CDC. Population estimates are based on data from the United States Census Bureau. Rates are calculated by dividing the total number of tests performed by the population of the jurisdiction.
- Confirmed case rates relative to the State of California—the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people. Test results are provided by the Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, CDPH and the CDC. Population estimates are based on data from the United States Census Bureau. Rates are calculated by dividing the total number of confirmed cases by the population of the jurisdiction.
Notes on patient and demographic data
To protect the identity of people with COVID-19, their specific location of residence will not be disclosed. The Humboldt County Public Health Branch is legally responsible for protecting personal health information, including residence address, specific age, recent travel, the identities and locations of any contacts, the provider of medical treatment, the course of illness and any other information that might identify an individual with or exposed to the virus unless it serves the interests of public health to do so.
Although we understand it is of interest to residents, providing location and demographic information to the general public does nothing to slow the spread of illness. Humboldt County is experiencing untraceable person-to-person transmission, also known as “community spread,” and there is no place that can be considered safe. To reduce your chances of acquiring or spreading COVID-19, avoid travel, wash your hands, keep yourself and your environment clean, follow the shelter-in-place order, and do not leave home for any reason unless it is absolutely necessary to do so.
The following case information is provided daily Monday through Saturday:
- New positive cases
- Total positive cases to date
- Total hospitalizations to date
- Total Public Health Lab tests to date
- Total commercial lab tests to date
- Public Health Lab test capacity, total and daily, and estimated turnaround time
- Transmission data
- travel-acquired
- contact to known case
- community transmission
- under investigation
Additional information is updated each Friday:
- Regional data
- currently measured by percentage in densely populated area
- soon to be represented instead by region after minimum thresholds of positive cases per region have been reached
- Gender
- Mean age
- Test rates and positive test rates relative to the State of California.
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Earlier test results:
- Second Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Humboldt County Today (March 20)
- Local Health Officials Confirmed Today a Third Person Tested Positive for Novel COVID-19 (March 24)
- March 24 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- March 25: Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- March 26: Two More COVID-19 Cases, One Hospitalized
- March 27 By the Numbers: Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- Four More Positive Cases–March 28 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- Three More Positive Cases–March 30 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- Six New Cases: March 31 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- Total of 28 Cornavirus Cases After One New Positive Test Today: April 1 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- Nine New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Today: April 2 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- Forty Total Positive Tests: April 3 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- Forty-Four Total Cases: April 4 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- 49 Total Positive Tests: April 6 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- 50 Positive Cases in Humboldt County: April 7 Results on COVID-19 Testing
- No New Positive COVID-19 Tests in Humboldt County: April 8 Results
- No New Positive COVID-19 Tests in Humboldt County for the Second Day in a Row: April 9 Results
- Third Day in a Row With No New Positive Cases: April 10 Results for Positive COVID-19 Tests
- 4th Day in a Row With no New Positive Cases
- Our Last Positive Result Was a Week Ago,” Says Public Health Officer; April 13 Test Results
- One New Positive Case of COVID-19: April 14 Test Results
- Another Positive Test: April 15 Public Health Lab Report
- No New Positive Cases in April 16 Public Health Lab Report
- No New Positive Cases: April 17 Public Health Report
- No New Positive Tests on April 18 in the Public Health Lab Report
- Department of Health and Human Services Confirms Target Employee Tested Positive for COVID-19 But Didn’t Work With Customers
- Of the 52 Confirmed COVID Cases in Humboldt County, 47 Have Recovered, Says Public Health
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There’s no COVID in Humboldt. Time to open up. NOW.
The US just posted it’s highest level of new cases ever. It’s not over yet Big Jilm.
Deaths, not cases. The highest number of new cases was on April 4. We appear to have a slight downward trend in numbers of new cases since the 10th.
According to the Johns Hopkins site we had 39,500 new cases today. If they’re wrong take it up with them OK. I don’t really give a shit.
Good goin Trump. The drug he said was a game changer and thousands have started to use has shown to have no benefits and has increased the death rate exponentially.
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Anti-malarial-drug-Trump-touted-is-linked-to-15216522.php
“More than 27% of patients treated with hydroxychloroquine died, and 22% of those treated with the combination therapy died, compared with an 11.4% death rate in those not treated with the drugs, the study said”.
I can still see him shutting down Fauci from answering whether or not hydroxychloroquine was safe at that press conference.
He hasn’t made America great again. He’s made it the laughingstock of the world again.
There have been studies that hydroxychloroquine is effective and studies that show it is not. China and South Korea labelled it as an effective treatment for covid-19. And France’s top researcher in the field – Professor Didier Raoult – recently released a study of 1061 covid-19 patients and concluded “The HCQ-AZ combination, when started immediately after diagnosis, is a safe and efficient treatment for COVID-19, with a mortality rate of 0.5%, in elderly patients. It avoids worsening and clears virus persistence and contagiosity in most cases.””
While Trumpls enthusiastic support for it was not advisable IMO nor was that unusual of his worst hyperbole tendencies, the idea that it is ineffective is not proven by one informal study by the VA and is equally unsubstantiated hyperbole. Nor is blaming Trump for every failure and lauding Fauci- that bureaucrat of an agency actually responsible for the testing failure- the least bit reasonable. The CDC has acted as fiefdom and been wrong for decades before Trump ever came along. This whole attitude of choosing to believe or not believe everything based on whether it is seen as bad or good for Trump makes fools of all.
Just drink 10% bleach solution, does the same thing. Chase it with whiskey and you’ll live forever
Using veterans or anyone for guinea pigs is just plain wrong.
That more of them died due to this “test”
is criminal, imo.
What have you got to lose?…???
Stop the insanity.
Similar conclusions were reached in France and Brazil regarding no benefits.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
You could be more gracious about corrections.
??Not really. ?????
No indeed. That would take cool, objective thinking and, since you define everything through the filter of TDS, being objective is considered immoral and never to be tolerated.
For someone who yammers on and on about bullying, you sure do use “TDS” liberally.
It’s origin is from the asshole himself, he sold you TDS but lied about it’s meaning.
It truly means “Trump Defense Syndrome”.
Of which many suffer.
false news
Big Jim,
Thanks.
Why can’t she give the cities where the cases are with the exception of the Target store? I guess that was A O K but can’t say Eureka or Mckinleyville or Willow Creek.
Dr. Frankenstein is so drunk with power all she can do is spew doom and gloom. This monster has no place dictating rules and regulation without fact or science. In this press release she admits she has no science to back her up as she states “for what MAY lie ahead”. If you’ve had enough of this dictatorship bombard your county supervisors with phone calls. This communist must be stopped! Your freedom has been hijacked, and only you “we the people” can take it back.
Communist? When talking about effectiveness of response to this pandemic, “Communist” should be a compliment.
Dapisan,
thanks.
So, how many people are being tested, and how many test results are still being waited on?
How long will it be until we all get tested for the virus and whether we have antibodies, indicating that we *may have* developed even a small level of immunity?
Because until then, it’s not safe.
??You can’t explain that to these people these people they have heard mentality which is stupidity. The virus hasn’t even done its complete circle of the planet yet. There’s a Japanese Destroyer out off the coast of Somalia hasn’t seen land in 6 months, no crew members have come or left the ship the only thing that has happened is its been resupplied by another ship that was American and now they have 6 cases of Covid-19 and found traces of the virus on a bleach bottle. ???
W B, Got a link for that for us stupid people?
I can’t find that story online. Can you post a link?
??It can came from a France 24 post which is is an affiliate of BBC.COM or gov and sometimes they get touchy about there news. It was on PBS,WORLD NEWS BBC, and FRANCE 24. Where they want you to read it again is up to them I’ve spent the last hour trying to pry it back out of them and I’m getting the run around. ?????
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taiwan-navy-races-to-trace-700-sailors-on-pacific-goodwill-tour-after-covid-19-cases-emerge/ar-BB131ede is about a Taiwanese ship with covid-19.
The only thing I could find about a Japanese ship was “In another MSDF mission, the destroyer Takanami with a crew of 200 has been in waters in the Middle East since late February, gathering intelligence to ensure safe passage of Japanese vessels.” http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13296702 But it had been making port calls in Djibouti which had a covid-19 outbreak.
Do you mean that hunkering down in your house won’t make you safe either? That the virus is on your bleach bottles!?!
At least on ones supplied by the US military!
Lmao. We are sooooooo fuked!
Let’s just wait for the science and medical people do their work before jumping the gun.
It was sarcasm.
OK Einstein, explain your plan if this is isn’t something you can wait out, like it is with the cold or flu? Just so the millions, maybe billions, that are going to die from the economic shutdown know what they are suffering for. That is if we don’t get WW3 which is almost guaranteed under such societal pain. Can you smart people do me sum math what the infection rate is in the nation? The death rate? How bouts both of those for the county because I am just too stupid to wrap my head around it, deerp.
What I can wrap my head around is a 5-10% death rate from the coming hyperinflation, a loss of 95% of total net worth and a 90% death rate from global thermonuclear war if it goes that way which looks likely. Actually, I am not that dumb, the current death rate for the US is 0.014% and will doubtfully get to even 0.05% and HumCo is at a staggering 0% death rate with multiple businesses permanently destroyed. On that math the economic shutdown will be 100x more deadly than the virus in my rosiest scenario. Morons.
Wear a mask, open the economy and give me Frankovich’s salary from saving you from this idiot that is just now mandating masks. That is the only order she should have been allowed to give and the stupid BOS needs to answer to all those people they have destroyed!
I’m still not sure what “testing everybody” will accomplish. The only thing it may prove is the the virus is less lethal than currently hyped (we know that already though).
If you test positive for antibodies it means that you were exposed and it wasn’t a big deal.
instead of herd immunity, we have herd mentality.
There is a newly recognised phenomena called covid toe being associated with children, possibly otherwise asymptomatic.
No joke.
Rash or purple discoloration on fingers and toes.
Something else to watch for.
Check it out and post a link.
I don’t know how, sorry.
Loss of taste too
Sounds like Raynaud’s syndrome, which has been associated with auto-immune issues because it is triggered by stress, as well as by cold–immediate cause is lack of oxygen in the blood to the affected extremities. Funny that’s not mentioned in any of the four articles i just found by googling. Oh you wanted a link… here’s one: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/covid-toes-mysterious-skin-condition-could-be-linked-to-coronavirus-derms-say/2259631/
Doesn’t seem that odd in a disease known to cause loss of oxygen in the blood, and people turning blue. Difference is these blue toes in kids are a first symptom, or the only one–not a later phenomenon.
Yep, thats the article.
Thanks.
You either have antibodies, or you don’t! There is a test for the PRESENCE of antibodies, but not one for the TITER, or amount of antibodies.
When you get exposed, the virus becomes active, and in 7-14 days, you may develop symptoms, or not. Similarly, once exposed, as the virus replicates, you will start to make antibodies! It takes several days to have detectable amounts, thresh-hold amounts, adequate to show a positive test.
The antibody test is said to be around 87% accurate, but we have to take into account the number of days since the original exposure!
The PCR test measures actual virus present in a sample. The sample quality itself can vary considerably, and affect the results! Usually, in a PCR, if the virus is present, the test will show it.
All tests are useful, but right now, we need antibody testing of many people, so that we can gauge how widespread the virus has actually gotten, and figure out how may people have been exposed, and have become immune.
Once we have better data, we can all learn what the appropriate next step will be.
All this science may not be your métier, but, we are all just learning here!
Try to put away your irrational fears, and, it’s OK to isolate, if you want to! Wear your masks, it won’t hurt you any, but, as we learn about the virus’s behavior in our population, it may be better to just go back to normal.
Contact the Governor’s office, insist that antibody testing be more available, canvas Dr Frankovich and ask that extra staff be hired to obtain samples, and run the antibody test. We all need the peace of mind, and the government needs to provide the actual services that are desired by the general population.
Remember, there is no vaccine, and there won’t be one soon! Even if a working vaccine becomes available, it will be some time before it is produced in large enough quantities for all patients, and it may first only be given to high-risk patients, the obese, the aged, those with diabetes, hypertension,
COPD, etc.
The vaccine is a long shot, and the idea of “herd immunity” means that immunity will come to most, through exposure.
Don’t let the government scare you with the products of irrational fear! Most people will not die, and many will not even develop symptoms.
Find a happy medium between information and governmental blather. Stress is as harmful as many viral illnesses. Remember that viruses are everywhere, and that all animals will reliably develop immunity to foreign antigens, like viruses.
Everyone is a scientist now, huh? But I think everyone should be getting their info from real sources and staying in step with our real scientific community. There is too much Static and not enough people listening to the professionals.
Listen to the real scientists, not the internet conspiracy theories.
We kinda all HAVE to be a scientist, but there is new stuff to look at!
Try this! https://rt.live/
Shows how fast it’s growing, and how the states are doing…
And, Brother, some folks ARE scientists, like me! (But only since 1976)
LOL! 50 of 52 recovered? Not just this week I bet…
My how the “fear peddlers” have tried to keep that number hidden! Every week they had to keep the total going ever up.
The Doctor WHO wears no clothes has been exposed.
End this farsical “shelter in place” dictatorship now!
Be the first on your block to invent a conspiracy theory today!
George W. Bush Quote:
“Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories”
George W. Bush
(1946- ) 43rd US President, Yale Skull & Bones Society
at the United Nations, November 11, 2001
The liberals have made a pact . It will never end at this rate. Government control and free money. Bums staying at Marriott. Hmmmm never knew socialism would take hold so fast in California. Wonder when that gun buy back program is starting up?
“Wonder when that gun buy back program is starting up?”
Don’t give Dr Franovitch any ideas. She may order you to just turn them in.
You can always make it about your own pet paranoia. Why not just think about it as a problem we are all dealing with, and you should just do your little small part. Our grandparents went to war, all you are being asked to do is sit on your ass at home and watch Netflix.
Assuming he has the money to sit at home and do nothing. Lots of people work paycheck to paycheck .
You realize it’s your team in charge right? That Mr trump and mnuchin and j Powell are the ones that came up with this idea to give GObS of free cash to corporations and the my pillow guy and give hardly anything to real Americans? How is it a liberal conspiracy when CONSERVATIVES are fuckin in charge???!
If you had read the Constitution, you would know that the House has sole power to initiate all spending bills. Period. Strange thinking that believes the President had the power and therefore must have chosen to impeach himself as he’s “in charge.” But then the mind of a liberal works in mysterious ways it’s wonders to believe.
You are so right,, my pillow guy is a scum, and the pillow sucks .he loves orange face,do you really think orange face is going to care about pillow guy when he is not elected? DON’T THINK SO…
Hah! What are you on ?
??But as of April 23 there’s now 53.?????
Are you clairvoyant?
Most have already had it on the west coast, and most wont even have symptoms! 98%who get it will recover, wow lock us down!
Not true.
You’re right. It looks like the recovery rate will actually turn out to be greater than 98%.
“The fatality rate from COVID-19 is not as high as experts have reported, according to a new analysis published Monday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
In the new analysis, the death rate in confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated to be 1.38%, while the overall rate, which includes estimated unconfirmed cases, is calculated at .66%.” https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200331/covid-19-death-rate-drops-still-deadly-to-seniors
On Feb 28th I told you it was 1.4%
https://kymkemp.com/2020/02/28/of-cannabis-and-covid-19/#comment-981882
And it’s likely were not under-diagnosing to the point that drops that figure to .66%, which is still many times more deadly than most seasonal flu’s ( that also don’t employ physical distancing measures).
The lost coast said there are 2 cases in the county of over 135 thousand people.
That’s 0.0014%
With 0 fatalities.
Does anybody know if the 2 are in northern Humboldt or in garberville?
Prayers for the 2 people in Humboldt, hope they get better soon.
Prayers for us all.
How many years has the flu shot missed the flu that was actually going around?
How many people will have antibodies and will be immune if the corona comes back?
How many civil rights are being abused?
How many lies have you been told?
How many civil rights are you willing to give up to be safe?
How many people do you know who are infected?
How many people on this site do you actually love that may have a different opinion than yours?
Do you believe people that travel 50 miles to go surfing will infect you?
Do you believe your favorite politician cares about you?
Do you ever look at info that differs from what you always look at?
Does this remind you of when we first discovered aids?
Wear a mask even if it’d just to comfort others and live your life!
And hugs to Ernie Branscomb & his Wife! I’ve been married 52 years