2, 2022, 16 fully vaccinated Humboldt County resident died from COVID-19.
During that same period, 56 fully vaccinated residents were hospitalized with an average age of 74 and 244 unvaccinated individuals were hospitalized with an average age of 58.
2, 2022, illustrates the county’s current weekly hospitalization rate for fully vaccinated individuals is 0.2 per 100,000 while the rate for unvaccinated individuals is 11 times higher at 2.2 per 100,000.
Over the past 10 weeks, both the hospitalization and mortality rates for unvaccinated individuals was approximately 11 times greater than those for fully vaccinated.
Case rates vary considerably by vaccination status, as illustrated in the graph below, which depicts average weekly case rates since February 2021 in unvaccinated and fully vaccinated residents.
2 for fully vaccinated individuals is 84 per 100,000 residents, while the case rate for unvaccinated individuals is 58 per 100,000 residents.
Those individuals who are fully vaccinated or boosted typically develop milder symptoms, shorter illness duration and have fewer hospitalizations and less severe outcomes.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rates of hospitalizations by vaccination status, unvaccinated adults are greater than 8 times more likely to be hospitalized than those adults who are fully vaccinated.
As always, Humboldt County’s vaccination and testing services are available free of charge.Pfizer/Johnson & Johnson/Moderna.
PCR and rapid testing available on a first-come first-served basis.
No testing available.
No testing available.
PCR and rapid testing available on a first-come first-served basis
PCR and rapid testing available on a first-come first-served basis
Pfizer/Johnson & Johnson/Moderna
No rapid testing available at this clinic
Appointments for vaccinations strongly recommended
Pfizer/Johnson & Johnson/Moderna
No rapid testing available at this clinic
Appointments for vaccinations strongly recommended