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Another Whatcom County resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, according to information released Thursday, April 2, by the Whatcom County Health Department. An additional 31 positive tests for the new coronavirus were also reported.

That brings the total number of Whatcom County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and died to nine, the health department reported. No other information about the most recent death was included in Thursday’s report.

Whatcom Unified Command, the multi-governmental agency directing local pandemic response, has not yet responded to The Bellingham Herald’s requests for the gender and age ranges of  or one, where those deaths occurred or if they were related to any area care facilities.