Whatcom County Covid-19 cases have been in the CDC’s low community level rating for the past week. The CDC advises residents in low transmission areas to get tested if they have Covid-19 …
Covid-19 cases are slightly increasing in Whatcom County, but remain in the CDC’s low community level rating. Residents in low transmission areas are advised to get tested if they have Covid-19 …
Covid-19 rates significantly decreased in all school district areas over the past week.
The Blaine school district area case rates folded from 106 cases per 100,000 people to 58 cases per …
Whatcom County Covid-19 case rates are quickly declining from the omicron variant’s peak in mid-January.
All school district areas in Whatcom County decreased in Covid-19 cases since last week, …
Blaine, Mount Baker and Nooksack Valley school districts increased in Covid-19 cases since last week, while all other school districts decreased in cases, according to Whatcom County Health …
There have been 1,492 Covid-19 cases in Whatcom County in the past week (February 6 to February 13), or 4.1 percent of the county’s total Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, …
There have been 1,581 Covid-19 cases in Whatcom County in the past week (January 30 to February 6), or 4.5 percent of the county’s total Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, …
There have been 3,525 Covid-19 cases in Whatcom County in the past week, or 10.5 percent of the county’s total Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to Whatcom County Health …
(Ed note: The Whatcom County health department’s (WCHD) Covid-19 data dashboard was not updated with the previous week’s data by press time. A WCHD spokesperson told The Northern Light …
(Ed note: The Whatcom County health department’s Covid-19 data dashboard was missing data and not fully complete by press time. A health department spokesperson told The Northern Light it was …
Nearly all Whatcom County school district areas have Covid-19 case rates in the 1,000s, the highest most areas have ever been since the start of the pandemic because of the highly transmissible …
Covid-19 case rates continue to dramatically increase in all school district areas in Whatcom County since they first began to rise mid-December.
There have been 112 new Covid-19 cases in …
The first Omicron Covid-19 variant was detected in Whatcom County on December 10.
A vaccinated man in his 30s is now isolating after being the first person in the county to test positive for …
Covid-19 case rates decreased in all Whatcom County school district areas except for Nooksack Valley. The Blaine school district area decreased from 196 cases per 100,000 people to 175 cases per …
Eight people died from Covid-19 in Whatcom County in the past week, increasing the number of deaths to 164, according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). The number of deaths makes up …
The highest number of people with Covid-19 at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center was reported this week. On October 25, 42 people at the hospital had either been admitted for Covid-19 or tested …
The Blaine school district area had the lowest case rate in the county for the second week in a row last week, according to Whatcom County Health Department data. Case rates dropped in all school …
As of September 27, 70 percent of people in Whatcom County who are eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine are now fully vaccinated and 5 percent are in the process of getting vaccinated. There are 50,000 …
Covid-19 case rates have decreased in all school district areas in Whatcom County in the past week, except for Meridian, which stayed the same. Blaine school district had the second highest case rate …
Covid-19 case rates have decreased in all school district areas in Whatcom County in the past week, the first time they’ve done so since Covid-19 cases started increasing in late July due to …
Whatcom County has had 13,528 probable and confirmed Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to September 13 Washington State Department of Health data. The death toll in Whatcom …
Whatcom County has had 658 probable and confirmed Covid-19 cases since last week and 12,388 in total since the start of the pandemic, according to August 31 Washington State Department of Health …
Covid-19 cases
continue to surge
Whatcom County health director Erika Lautenbach said the Covid-19 case and hospitalization surge are not yet over.
“Our continuing high cases rates …
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Covid-19 hospitalizations are continuing to increase, with 37 people admitted for Covid-19 on August 17, 12 more than last week.
Whatcom County has had 469 …
Forty-two cases of the Delta variant have been detected in Whatcom County since the first case was reported early July, according to August 11 Washington State Department of Health (DOH) data.
Bev …
Thirty-six cases of the Delta variant have been detected in Whatcom County since the first case was reported early July. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) said in an August 3 press …
The Delta variant has not been detected in Whatcom County since the first case was reported July 7, but the Washington State Department of Health is warning about its spread as Covid-19 cases …
No more confirmed cases of the Delta variant have appeared in Whatcom County since DOH reported the first case July 7. Health professionals consider the Delta variant, detected in India last year, to …
On July 12, Whatcom County reached its long sought-after milestone to have 70 percent of residents 16 and older become fully vaccinated. This comes as the first confirmed case of the Delta variant …
Whatcom County has had a total of 9,947 confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to July 5 Washington state Department of Health (DOH) data. The …
Washington state opened businesses to 100 percent capacity June 30, bringing the state back to a sense of seeming normalcy for the first time since the pandemic forced shutdowns in March 2020. People …
Whatcom County has had a total of 9,846 confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to June 21 Washington state Department of Health (DOH) data. The …
Local health officials are urging Whatcom County residents to get vaccinated to avoid severe illness.
Between April 3 and May 29, 103 people were hospitalized in Whatcom County who weren’t …
Whatcom County has had a total of 9,262 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and 401 probable cases (9,663 total cases), according to June 7 Washington state Department of …
The Whatcom County community vaccination center will permanently close Thursday, June 17. Local healthcare providers have run the clinic at Bellingham Technical College since early …
Whatcom County has had a total of 8,920 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and 366 probable cases (9,286 total cases), according to May 24 Washington state Department of …
Whatcom County Health Department officials say they are not considering greater restrictions if the county fails Phase 3 metrics, which the county currently meets.
Governor Jay Inslee said in a …
Whatcom County has had a total of 8,522 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and 333 probable cases (8,855 total cases), according to May 10 Washington State Department of …
Whatcom County Health Department officials say they’ve seen a decrease in Covid-19 vaccine demand within recent weeks, but it’s too soon to know the reason.
In an email to The …
Whatcom County has had a total of 7,991 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and 305 probable cases (8,296 total cases), according to April 26 Washington State Department of …
Whatcom County will remain in phase 3 after meeting the state’s metrics that require no more than 200 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people in the past two weeks (Whatcom had 182.6) and no more …
Governor Jay Inslee has announced that all adults in Washington would be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccination starting Thursday, April 15.
The governor’s office said in a March 31 statement …
As of March 28, Whatcom County has had a total of 7,256 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and 227 probable cases (7,483 total cases), according to Washington State …
As of March 20, Whatcom County has had a total of 7,094 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and 198 probable cases (7,292 total cases), according to Washington State …
As of March 14, Whatcom County has had a total of 6,995 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and 176 probable cases (7,171 total cases), according to Washington State …
