Whatcom County continues to see coronavirus spread with 7 new cases reported Friday
The number of residents to test positive for COVID-19 continued to grow, the Whatcom County Health Department reported Friday, May 1, as seven new cases were diagnosed. But no deaths related to the coronavirus were reported.
The county now has 311 confirmed cases and 28 related deaths, according to health department statistics.
With 18 new cases in the past three days, Whatcom County has now reported 27 new positive tests in the six days since Sunday, April 26. In the full week prior (April 19-25) the county only saw eight new cases.
On Thursday, the Lummi Public Health Department announced that it has seen 11 new cases in two days and that all 11 were people under the age of 40. The release said that showed community members were not following Lummi Nation’s Shelter in Place order issued March 22.
“It is apparent that families and their children are not following the ‘Shelter in Place’ order and not practicing social distancing,” the Lummi health department statement said. “Part of this new cluster involves families visiting other households.”
The county health department also didn’t report any more negative test results Friday, leaving the total at 2,433.
More than 3.2 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, with more than 234,00 deaths as of Friday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has more than 1 million confirmed cases — the most reported cases of any nation — with at least 60,057 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overall, the Washington State Department of Health reported 14,327 cases and 814 deaths as of Thursday evening.
This story was originally published May 1, 2020 at 12:20 PM.
