On 2nd anniversary of county’s first reported case, Whatcom adds 4 COVID-related deaths

Two years to the day after the Whatcom County Health Department reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county, the state reported that four more residents’ deaths have been linked to the coronavirus. Whatcom now has had 278 COVID-related deaths during the pandemic, according to the Washington State Department of Health COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Wednesday, March 9.

Whatcom had 55 total new cases reported on the state dashboard on Wednesday.

St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham reported it was treating five patients with COVID-related symptoms on Thursday, March 10, which is down one from its reports on Tuesday and Wednesday and the lowest number it has reported since July 25.