Though COVID cases drop in Whatcom, these 2 regions continue to see high infection rates

Though COVID-19 infection rates decreased in all seven Whatcom County school district regions last week, the two-week rates remained relatively high in two regions. The areas covered by the Lynden and Nooksack Valley school districts continued to see their numbers of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks remain above 600, according to the latest location data released by the Whatcom County Health Department on Tuesday, Oct. 19. For comparison, none of the other five regions had a rate higher than 350, and four were lower than 300.