Whatcom COVID update: County sees 242 cases, 12 hospitalizations and 4 deaths over weekend

Whatcom County continued to feel the impacts of its fifth surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the state reported 242 new confirmed cases, 12 COVID-related hospitalizations and four deaths linked to coronavirus over the weekend. The county now has seen 12,552 confirmed cases, 656 related hospitalizations and 128 related deaths during the pandemic, according to the latest report Monday, Sept. 13, on the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard. Whatcom has not seen a larger reported death total than the four it had Monday in more than a year, since it had seven deaths reported June 3, 2020.