Whatcom health department has reported 943 negative COVID-19 tests in past 2 days
Based on testing statistics reported daily by the Whatcom County Health Department, the county appears to be ramping up the number of tests administered in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
The health department on Thursday, May 14, reported 571 residents tested negative for COVID-19.
In the past two days, the county has reported a total of 943 negative tests, which represents 20.8% of the 4,524 test results reported in the county throughout the entire pandemic.
Overall, the county has now reported 4,178 negative test results, meaning 92.4% of Whatcom’s total tests have come back negative.
Two more Whatcom County residents tested positive for COVID-19, the health department reported Thursday, but no new deaths related to coronavirus were recorded.
The county now has had 346 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since March 10, according to health department statistics, and 32 of those people have died.
St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham reported Thursday that it is currently treating one patient who has tested positive for COVID-19 and four other patients who are awaiting test results.
More than 4.4 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, with more than 300,000 deaths as of Thursday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has more than 1.4 million confirmed cases — the most reported cases of any nation — with at least 84,985 deaths.
Overall, the Washington State Department of Health reported 17,512 cases and 975 deaths Wednesday evening.
This story was originally published May 14, 2020 at 11:36 AM.
