One Whatcom region has a COVID infection rate of zero, while rates in 4 others decreased

For only the second time since late July when the Whatcom County Health Department began reporting COVID-19 location data, one of the county’s seven school district regions has an infection rate of zero.

The region covered by the Meridian School District has seen no new COVID-19 cases the past two weeks, giving it a zero infection rate, according to the latest location data released by the health department this week.