Whatcom maintains 'low' COVID ranking from CDC, as one region's infection rate drops to 6
Mar. 19—Whatcom County received its third consecutive "low" COVID-19 community level ranking from the CDC, and the county's latest regional data showed only one of Whatcom's seven school district regions would fail to have a "low" ranking — and it just barely missed.
The region covered by the Blaine School District would not have received the CDC's best grade if community data were broken down to that level, The Bellingham Herald's analysis of the latest location data released by the Whatcom County Health Department showed, as it missed the COVID-related hospitalization threshold by just one patient last week.
To be classified in the "low" level by the CDC, counties must have:
— Fewer than 200 new cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days.
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