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Whatcom sees another COVID-related death and 26 new cases Wednesday, state reports
The Bellingham Herald 1/7/2021 David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Jan. 7 One more Whatcom County resident s death has been linked to COVID-19, according to the Washington State Department of Health on Wednesday, Jan. 6, as the county saw its number of confirmed cases grow by 26.
Overall, Whatcom County has seen 3,762 confirmed cases and 56 related deaths during the pandemic, according to state data as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. That means that 1.5% of the Whatcom residents who have tested positive for COVID during the pandemic have died.
Whatcom also saw one new probable case of COVID-19 in Wednesday s release of data, meaning the county now has 11 probable cases during the pandemic resulting from positive antigen tests, but those cases were not confirmed by a molecular test.