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.