The Whatcom County Health Department has begun reporting confirmed cases of COVID-19 by school district regions within Whatcom County. Prior reporting had been limited to Whatcom County as a whole.
According to the data reported as of May 14th, there has been a per capita rate (per 100,000) of 146 in the Ferndale School District area of case positives based on an actual count of 49 cases.
Areas with lower rates per 100,000 residents or fewer confirmed cases don’t mean that they are safer zones. Where someone lives does not necessarily represent the place where they got COVID-19, or where they traveled while they were infectious, if they traveled at all. The limited amount of testing that was available earlier in the outbreak may also mean that the current rates and counts aren’t a good representation of the actual spread of COVID-19 throughout Whatcom County. What the map does show us is that the virus is present everywhere in our county, and we should all take precautions to protect ourselves and prevent spreading it to others, no matter where we live or work.Whatcom County COVID-19 Data Update (May 17, 2020)
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The same data in a table:
School District region Rate Count Bellingham 173 195 Blaine 171 30 Lynden 148 30 Ferndale 146 49 Mt Baker 139 22 Meridian 93 10 Nooksack Valley 90 10
The regional reporting will be updated periodically Health officials say, “but not weekly.”
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