Whatcom County’s reported COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases nearly double in July

Whatcom County’s number of reported COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases nearly doubled during the month of July, according to the state’s COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in Persons Who Are Not Fully Vaccinated report released Wednesday, Aug. 18.

Between February and July Whatcom County saw 193 breakthrough COVID-19 cases, which is a confirmed case in a person deemed fully vaccinated, according to the report.

That was 95 more breakthrough cases than the state previously reported from February through June and was enough to jump Whatcom’s breakthrough cases from 2.7% of all cases between February and June to 4.8% between February and July, according to the report.