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After crushing the record in November, Whatcom starts December with 83 new COVID cases

Whatcom County saw 83 more residents test positive for COVID-19, the  reported on Tuesday, Dec. 1, but no new deaths related to coronavirus were reported.

Whatcom County now has seen 2,469 confirmed cases and 53 related deaths during the pandemic, according to state data as of 11:59 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30. That means that 2.1% of the Whatcom residents who have tested positive for COVID during the pandemic have died.

The 83 cases reported Tuesday were the county鈥檚 second-highest single-day total during the pandemic, trailing only 88 reported Nov. 24.