Whatcom sees another death and surpasses 15,000 COVID cases, but hospital reports decrease

Whatcom County surpassed 15,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases during the pandemic and had another related death added to its total, according to the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Meanwhile, St. Joseph’s hospital in Bellingham reported that the number of COVID-related patients it was treating had dropped 14% from Tuesday’s pandemic record high. With 49 new confirmed cases reported Tuesday, Whatcom County now has had 15,016 confirmed cases during the first 20 months of the pandemic.