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Whatcom surges past 1,000 confirmed COVID cases in 2021 with 128 reported Thursday

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.

State Board awards colleges nearly $5 million in CARES Act funding

The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges awarded nearly $5 million in federal CARES Act dollars to community and technical colleges across the state as they work to restore workforce-related programs affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The one-time grants come from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds provided by the CARES Act.  Workforce programs, in which 48% of the community and technical college system’s approximately 356,000 students were enrolled in the 2019-20 school year, were significantly disrupted in spring quarter by the COVID-19 pandemic and measures to stop its spread. These programs require a hands-on component, so measures like physical distancing and lab and classroom capacity impacted the number of students who could participate at any one time. The GEER grant is intended to help colleges as they find new and different ways to provide instruction so students can complete their programs and enter the job market ready

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