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COVID hospitalizations fall throughout WA

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are falling throughout Washington state as the surge of the omicron variant subsides.

But in a Tuesday morning news briefing, Cassie Sauer, president of the Washington State Hospital Association, said the tail end of the omicron wave will likely…

2022-02-09
County health officials expect Whatcom hasn’t reached peak for COVID-related deaths yet

Deaths from COVID-19 will continue to rise, even as the omicron wave eases and infection and hospitalization rates decline, Whatcom County’s top health officials said.

In a briefing with the Bellingham City Council on Monday, Feb. 7, Health Director Erika Lautenbach said people who…

2022-02-09
Omicron on the way out? Bellingham hospital reports fewest COVID patients since Jan. 1

St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham reported its smallest daily COVID-19 patient count since the first of the year on Wednesday, Feb. 9 — another positive sign as Whatcom County struggles to emerge from the omicron surge.

The hospital reported a daily snapshot of 40 patients currently…

2022-02-09
Governors in 4 states plan for end to school mask mandates

The governors of four states announced plans Monday to lift statewide mask requirements in schools by the end of February or March, citing the rapid easing of COVID-19′s omicron surge.

The decisions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey and Oregon were announced as state and local…

2022-02-08
More Americans are done with COVID, though it’s not done with us

Andrew Markert respects the coronavirus. It has messed with his livelihood, a D.C. pub called Beuchert’s Saloon, forcing him to close, move outdoors and adjust in countless other ways.

But the time has arrived for him to move forward and stick to his plans, come what may in the next…

2022-02-07
4 of Whatcom’s 7 most recent COVID deaths among vaccinated, as cases stay ‘extremely high’

More than half of Whatcom County’s seven COVID-related deaths reported last week were in fully vaccinated residents, according to the latest report from the Whatcom County Health Department.

Four fully vaccinated residents’ deaths between Jan. 23 and Jan. 29 were linked to COVID-19,…

2022-02-07
As COVID infection rates drop across Whatcom, which region was hit hardest by omicron?

Though COVID-19 case numbers continued to pile up at high rates throughout Whatcom County, all seven school district regions in the county saw significant drops in their infection rates last week.

The region covered by the Blaine School District saw the largest drop (72%) in the weekly…

2022-02-04
US economy defies omicron and adds 467,000 jobs in January

In a surprising burst of hiring, America’s employers added a robust 467,000 jobs last month, a sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of a wave of omicron infections.

The government’s report Friday also drastically…

2022-02-04
COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000

With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation’s death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000.

The number of lives lost to the pandemic in the U.S. stood at over 897,000 as of…

2022-02-04
Four new COVID-related deaths reported in Whatcom, as county sees 532 more cases Wednesday

Four more Whatcom County residents’ deaths have been linked to COVID-19, the state reported Wednesday, as the county’s pandemic total of coronavirus cases grew by 532.

The deaths reported Wednesday, Feb. 2, brought the county’s pandemic total to 238, including 37 deaths that have been…

2022-02-03
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