Another COVID-19 death makes 55 so far in Mendocino County — North Coast experiencing unprecedented surge in cases

Update 8/17/21 — Another person has died from Covid-19, read the latest here.

MENDOCINO Co., 8/16/21 — A 63-year-old Willits woman has died from COVID-19, according to a press release Monday from Mendocino County Public Health, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 55 countywide. This is the third death from the virus reported so far in August. The press release says, “the individual in question was not vaccinated but had multiple underlying comorbidities.”