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| Whatcom County sees another COVID-related death and 50 new cases reported Tuesday | Whatcom County saw another death related to COVID-19 reported by the Washington State Department of Health鈥檚 COVID-19 Data Dashboard Tuesday, Sept. 21. It was the 131st death the county has seen reported during the pandemic. |
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| Bellingham mayor issues this new vaccine requirement | All Bellingham city employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19, under an emergency order issued Tuesday, Sept. 21. Mayor Seth Fleetwood issued the mandate at the city鈥檚 website. 鈥淚t is clear our return to normalcy requires firm action on all our parts,鈥 Fleetwood said in a statement. 鈥淚 hope鈥 |
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| Why the delta variant is giving more children COVID | COVID-19 cases among children are surging across the world amid delta-fueled outbreaks, spurring hospitalizations and raising concern about the risk of severe illness and persistent 鈥渓ong hauler鈥 symptoms. It鈥檚 also prompted questions about the safety of schools. |
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| Hospitalizations might be cresting, but deaths are on the rise in WA COVID-19 surge | Hospitalizations associated with the Delta variant are declining in some parts of Washington state, but deaths are increasing and border communities continue to struggle with COVID-19 cases. That was the update Monday from the Washington State Hospital Association, which has been hosting weekly鈥 |
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| Whatcom passes another COVID-19 milestone with big weekend, as schools report more cases | With another triple-digit weekend, Whatcom County surpassed 13,000 total confirmed cases during the pandemic, the Washington State Department of Health鈥檚 COVID-19 Data Dashboard reported Monday, Sept. 20. With 205 new confirmed cases reported over the weekend, Whatcom鈥檚 pandemic total increased鈥 |
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| Here鈥檚 how the most- and least-vaccinated states fared against the delta variant | The latest wave of COVID-19, driven by the Delta variant, has brought hospitals back to the brink and destroyed hopes of a return to normalcy anytime soon. But the damage from the coronavirus has been far from homogenous, in large part because of geographic differences in vaccination鈥 |
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| County surpasses 500 reported cases last week and sees another death | Despite surpassing 500 reported confirmed COVID-19 cases in a week for the fifth time during the pandemic and seeing another COVID-related death on Friday, Whatcom County did receive some good news over the weekend. For the first time in more than a month, St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham鈥 |
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| Pfizer COVID vaccine appears safe, effective in kids ages 5-11 鈥 but questions remain | The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appears to be safe and effective in children between 5 and 11 years old, according to the companies, with a dose that鈥檚 a third of the amount given to teens and adults. The two shots given 21 days apart also brought on side effects that were 鈥済enerally鈥 |
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| Latest border closure extension means more 鈥榰npredictability, suffering and frustration鈥 | The United States will extend its border closure with Canada to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic another month, the White House announced Monday, Sept. 20. White House Response Coordinator Jeff Zients announced the closure will be extended until Oct. 21, USA Today reported along鈥 |
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| COVID-19 surge forces health care rationing in parts of West | In another ominous sign about the spread of the delta variant, Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded health care rationing statewide and individual hospital systems in Alaska and Montana have enacted similar crisis standards amid a spike in the number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients鈥 |