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Whatcom County saw 45 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported over two days by the  on Monday, Jan. 25, but no new deaths were reported..

Overall, Whatcom County has seen 5,231 confirmed cases and 59 related deaths during the pandemic, according to state data as of 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, meaning 1.1% of all COVID cases in Whatcom County have been linked to a death.

Since Jan. 1, Whatcom County’s reported case total has increased by 1,762 — already the largest count in a month the county has seen by more than 700 cases and more than a third (33.6%) of the county’s total cases during the pandemic. Whatcom’s seven-day average of reported cases did decrease from 76.1 cases per day Saturday to 51.4 cases per day Monday.