Whatcom improves, but still sees another triple-digit COVID case count over the weekend

Whatcom County saw its smallest weekend increase of reported new confirmed COVID-19 cases in seven weeks Monday, Oct. 11, but the total still reached triple digits for a 10th-straight week. Whatcom’s confirmed case count increased by 154 over the weekend, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard, and now sits at a pandemic total of 14,192 confirmed cases. The 154 cases was the smallest weekend increase the county has seen since it had 143 cases reported on Aug. 23, and Whatcom has averaged 192 new cases in weekend reports the past 10 Mondays (since Aug. 9).