For second straight day, Whatcom sees one new coronavirus case, no deaths Thursday
One more Whatcom County resident has tested positive for COVID-19, the Whatcom County Health Department announced on Thursday, April 23, but no new deaths related to coronavirus were reported.
The county now has now had 282 residents test positive and 27 deaths related to the respiratory illness.
It marked the second straight day the county’s number of cases has grown by one, as Whatcom continues to see a slowing in the spread of the disease. Since 11 new cases were announced on April 11, the county has averaged fewer than two new COVID-19 cases per day.
More than 2.6 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, with more than 186,000 deaths as of Thursday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has more than 854,400 confirmed cases — the most reported cases of any nation — with at least 47,178 deaths.
Overall, the Washington State Department of Health reported 12,753 cases and 711 deaths as of Thursday evening.
Lummi reports new case
The Lummi Nation confirmed another community member has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a release on Facebook Wednesday, April 19. It is the 22nd Lummi community member to test positive.
No other information about the individual was included in the release, but the release stated the Lummi Public Health Department is working to identify close contacts to the individual and instruct them to self-quarantine to prevent spreading the coronavirus.
The Lummi health department is also offering testing to those who were exposed and are experiencing symptoms and continues to work with the Whatcom County Health Department to track affected individuals.
This story was originally published April 23, 2020 at 8:52 AM.
