Whatcom sees 35 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in past two days, state says Monday The Bellingham Herald 12/29/2020 David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.) Dec. 28—Whatcom County has 35 new confirmed COVID-19 cases the past two days, according to the Washington State Department of Health on Monday, Dec. 28, an no new deaths were reported over the weekend. The two-day total — the state no longer updates the COVID-19 dashboard on Sundays — means that Whatcom County averaged 22.9 new COVID cases reported per day over the past seven days. That marked the lowest weekly average the county has seen in more than a month since it averaged 21.3 cases per day reported between Nov. 16 and 22. Since then, Whatcom has seen its rolling seven-day average top out at 46.0 on Nov. 27 and surpass 40 cases per day nine times.