Workers at the COVID-19 testing site at Veterans Hall in Fort Bragg on August 10, 2021. (Mary Rose Kaczorowski via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO Co., 8/12/21 — Mendocino County reported 95 new COVID cases Thursday hitting a record in COVID-19 cases since the first one was reported in the county. The highest daily case rate previously reported was 57 on December 9 and 16, 2020.

In the last week, since August 5, there have been 319 new cases reported, bringing the total to 5,211 cases, according to Mendocino County Public Health. Fourteen people are currently hospitalized and eight are in the ICU. There are 96 people currently in quarantine. The highest number of daily cases reported today were in the Ukiah area (53). The North Coast and North County both saw 20 new cases. However, the county has not provided data for the positive case rate, which tracks what percentage the people taking a test actually test positive, since June 27.

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