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Officials at the agency managing local response to the new coronavirus pandemic have updated their projections for the rate that COVID-19 infections could spread in Whatcom County.

A report from Whatcom Unified Command dated April 21, 2020, describes a likely rise and fall of COVID-19 — the disease caused by the new coronavirus — in Whatcom County, along with an occasional return to business closures and social distancing measures that have been in force since March 24 under orders from Gov. Jay Inslee.