COVID-19 infection rates grew by triple digits in two Whatcom County regions last week

Two Whatcom County school district regions saw triple-digit increases in their COVID-19 infection rates last week, but one region saw an even larger decrease. The regions covered by the Mount Baker and Nooksack Valley school districts each saw their number of new COVID cases per 100,000 residents in the past two weeks climb by more than 100, according to the latest location data released by the Whatcom County Health Department on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Meanwhile, the two-week infection rate in the region covered by the Blaine School District dropped by more than 200 last week, according to the county’s data.