Whatcom surges past 1,000 confirmed COVID cases in 2021 with 128 reported Thursday
The Bellingham Herald 1/15/2021 David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Jan. 15 For the sixth time in 12 days, Whatcom County s reported number of confirmed new COVID-19 cases was in triple figures, as 128 new cases were reported on the Washington State Department of Health dashboard Thursday, Jan. 14.
Before Jan. 3, Whatcom had not seen a reported increase of more than 84 throughout the entire pandemic.
It took Whatcom County only 14 days to top 1,000 reported cases in 2021 there have been 1,111 so far this year but it s seven-day average did drop slightly from 98.6 Wednesday, Jan. 13, to 92.4 Thursday. The 1,111 cases in 2021 represents 21.0% of the county s total for the pandemic.