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The graph below illustrates the average weekly case rates among unvaccinated and fully vaccinated local residents.
As the graph illustrates, the number of cases continues to decline among vaccinated and unvaccinated residents, although case rates for both groups remain high. The seven-day average case rate for fully vaccinated people is 8 per 100,000 population, while the rate for unvaccinated people is 34 per 100,000. See the case rate graph for a more detailed description. Although case rates have declined significantly from their peak, hospitalizations continue to be at their highest rate, double what they were in winter and spring.
Public health officials are encouraging community members to continue to mask themselves and follow other precautions that have been shown to reduce transmission, including testing for the virus.
Residents who are showing symptoms or who have been in close contact with someone positive for COVID-19 are encouraged to get tested. Free tests are available through OptumServe seven days a week at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka and at mobile test sites across the county every day of the week. To make an appointment, visit lhi.care/covidtesting or call 888-634-1123. Rapid and PCR tests are available at public health mobile vaccination clinics, where residents have the option of getting tested, vaccinated, or both. As always, testing and vaccination services are provided free of charge.
Due to an increase in demand for additional doses and boosters, appointments to Public Health vaccination clinics are strongly recommended but not mandatory. Register in advance at MyTurn.ca.gov. For instructions in English and Spanish on using My Turn, visit humboldtgov.org/VaccineInfo.
Consult the calendar below for the dates, times, locations and specific services of the clinics:
Arcata – Saturday, October 2, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Arcata Farmer’s Market (Arcata Plaza / 808 G St.)
Pfizer / Johnson & Johnson / Moderna
PCR and rapid tests available
Eureka – Monday, October 4, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Closed from noon to 1 p.m.
Public health hand (529, I street)
Pfizer / Johnson & Johnson / Moderna
Test NOT available
Willow Creek – Tuesday, October 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed noon to 1 p.m.
Public Health Office (77 Walnut Way)
Pfizer / Johnson & Johnson / Moderna
PCR and rapid tests available
Eurêka – Thursday, October 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
College of the Redwoods main parking lot (7351 Tompkins Hill Road)
Pfizer / Johnson & Johnson / Moderna
PCR and rapid tests available
Eurêka – Friday, October 8, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Farm Building (5630 S. Broadway St.)
Pfizer / Johnson & Johnson / Moderna
PCR and rapid tests available
Hoopa – Saturday, October 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hoopa High School (101 Loop Road)
Pfizer / Johnson & Johnson / Moderna
PCR and rapid tests available
To check availability of a specific vaccine at a local pharmacy, visit vaccines.gov or text zip code to 438829.
Pfizer is approved for persons 12 years of age and older, and Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are approved for persons 18 years of age and older. County residents between the ages of 16 and 17 can get vaccinated at public health clinics without the physical presence of a parent or guardian as long as they have a signed consent form. Children under 16 must always be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
Visit the online data dashboard at humboldtgov.org/dashboard, or go to humboldtgov.org/DashboardArchives to download data from a previous period.
In other vaccine news, California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced plans to require all K-12 students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States will have fully approved the vaccine for children.
The state will require that students be vaccinated for in-person learning by the start of the first term of school after the vaccine is approved for their age group. In an announcement made today, the governor’s office said the requirement will be implemented in two phases based on grade level, first in grades 7 to 12, followed by grades K-6. The state anticipates that the requirement would apply to the first batch from July 2022 based on current projections, but could be implemented as early as January 2022 if the FDA grants full approval sooner.
The state will also put in place a requirement for staff to be vaccinated with the first group and no longer allow the option of regular testing. For more information, read the press release from the Governor’s Office at gov.ca.gov/2021/10/01/california-becomes-first-state-in-nation-to-announce-covid-19 -vaccine-requirements-for -schools /.
For the most recent COVID-19 information, visit cdc.gov or cdph.ca.gov. Local information is available at humboldtgov.org or by contacting [email protected] or calling 707-441-5000.
Register for the COVID-19 vaccination: MyTurn.ca.gov
Check the availability of vaccines at a local pharmacy: Vaccines.gov
Local COVID-19 vaccine information: humboldtgov.org/VaccineInfo
Humboldt County COVID-19 Data Dashboard: humboldtgov.org/Dashboard
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