A total of 52 Humboldt County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, following confirmation of one additional case today.
Community transmission has been identified as the source of eight cases in Humboldt County. Twenty people acquired the virus through travel, and 23 had contact to a known case. The remaining case is under investigation.
Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich said community transmission is occurring but is slower than it otherwise would be because of shelter-in-place and other measures. “That’s a good thing,” she said. “Aggressive contact investigations by Public Health together with isolation and quarantine orders remain critically important to ongoing containment efforts.”
Total new positive cases confirmed on April 15: 1
Daily COVID-19 case report for April 15
Total number of positive cases: 52Total number of hospitalizations: 3
Total number of people tested by Public Health Laboratory: 901
Total number of people tested by all other sources: 603
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, California Department of Public Health and commercial labs)
The Public Health Laboratory currently has a capacity of approximately 600 tests and can process about 55 samples a day with an approximate turnaround time of 48 to 72 hours.
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