Whatcom health department reports four more coronavirus-related deaths Thursday
The Whatcom County Health Department reported on Thursday, May 7, that four residents who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
No other information about any of the deaths was released by the health department.
Those deaths bring the county’s total to 31 deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic and represent the first deaths linked to COVID-19 reported by the health department since April 28. It is also the largest single-day increase in the county’s coronavirus death total since six were reported April 6.
The health department reported two new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of Whatcom residents to test positive for the respiratory illness to 328 since the first case was reported March 10.
The county also reported 87 negative test results on Thursday, bringing the total number to 2,976.
St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham reported that it is treating two patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and had no other suspected cases.
More than 3.7 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, with more than 264,000 deaths as of Thursday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has more than 1.2 million confirmed cases — the most reported cases of any nation — with at least 73,573 deaths.
Overall, the Washington State Department of Health reported 15,905 cases and 870 deaths Wednesday evening.
