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COVID-19 milestones, including grave markers, were passed in Skagit County in the last three weeks. September ended with 100 people in Skagit County hospitals from the coronavirus that month. Skagit Public Health reported that Oct. 9 the “county surpassed a cumulative total of 10,000 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. The day prior- Oct. 8- Skagit County reported its 100th death due to the virus,” its press release stated. Last week, Oct. 11-15, five more residents died, raising the death toll to 105.

One percent of infected county residents have died from the coronavir...