Four new COVID-related deaths reported in Whatcom, as county sees 532 more cases Wednesday

Four more Whatcom County residents’ deaths have been linked to COVID-19, the state reported Wednesday, as the county’s pandemic total of coronavirus cases grew by 532.

The deaths reported Wednesday, Feb. 2, brought the county’s pandemic total to 238, including 37 deaths that have been reported so far in 2022, according to the Washington State Department COVID-19 Data Dashboard. The county also has a pandemic total of 34,259 total cases (confirmed and probable combined). The most recently reported deaths were for people who first tested positive for COVID Dec. 14, Dec. 20, Jan. 13 and Jan. 23, The Herald’s analysis of the state’s epidemiological data showed. Whatcom has now had 17 deaths epidemiologically linked to January and 27 deaths linked to December, making that month Whatcom’s deadliest of the pandemic (the previous high was 26 epidemiologically linked to March 2020).

St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham reported it was treating 48 patients with COVID-related symptoms on Wednesday, Feb. 3, which was up three from its last report.