No additional cases of COVID 19 confirmed today

No additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today. Humboldt County’s total number of positive cases stands at 52 since the outbreak began.

Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich said, “The success of social distancing emphasizes how powerful prevention strategies can be. Facial coverings are an important tool for us to have on board when we begin to ease shelter-in-place restrictions on businesses and services and bring more people in the community into contact with each other.”

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

Total new positive cases confirmed on April 22: 0

Daily COVID-19 case report for April 22

Total number of positive cases: 52Total number of hospitalizations: 3Total number of recovered cases: 50

Total number of people tested by Public Health Laboratory: 1,138

Total number of people tested by all other sources: 662
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, California Department of Public Health and commercial labs)

The Public Health Laboratory currently has a capacity of approximately 750 tests and can process about 60 samples a day with an approximate turnaround time of 48 to 72 hours.

Beginning today, the Humboldt County Joint Information Center will release geographic information about confirmed COVID-19 cases on a weekly basis.

After gathering weeks of statistics, Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich has determined the case count has reached the minimum public health threshold required to release this additional information about the location of cases.

Positive cases will be reported from three regions:

Northern Humboldt, which extends south from Humboldt County’s border with Del Norte County to Highway 299. Greater Humboldt Bay Area, which extends south from Highway 299 to Highway 36. Southern Humboldt, which extends south from Highway 36 to Humboldt County’s southern border with Mendocino County.

Currently, Humboldt County has 9 cases in Northern Humboldt, 40 cases in the Greater Humboldt Bay Area and 3 cases in Southern Humboldt.

This geographic information will be provided every Friday for the duration of the incident.