Whatcom sees 66 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 975 vaccine doses, state reports The Bellingham Herald 12/18/2020 David Rasbach, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.) Dec. 18—Whatcom County recorded 66 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and eight new probable cases, according to the Washington State Department of Health Thursday, Dec. 17. No additional deaths were reported for Whatcom County Whatcom County now has seen 3,042 confirmed cases, and 52 related deaths during the pandemic, according to state data as of 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16. That means that 1.7% of the Whatcom residents who have tested positive for COVID during the pandemic have died. An additional eight probable cases have been reported in Whatcom County during the pandemic resulting from positive antigen tests, but those cases were not confirmed by a molecular test.