Five new COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Grays Harbor County Feb. 2-3, according to state Department of Health data.

This brings the county total for the pandemic to 37, a rate of 1.2% of total cases. Grays Harbor Public Health said the high number of deaths reported Feb. 2 was “due to a data processing backlog cleared today (Feb. 4).”

Since the beginning of February, through Wednesday, the most current data available, 40 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the county, bringing the total for the pandemic to 3,052.

Two new hospitalizations were reported Wednesday, bringing the total for the pandemic to 145. The total Friday, Jan. 29, was 142.

The latest information from the state Wednesday shows the county has given 6,962 doses of vaccine and, for the pandemic, delivered just shy of 36,500 molecular COVID-19 tests.

Comparatively, for vaccinations, Pacific County has delivered 2,726, Thurston County 23,833, and Lewis County 6,422.

The county’s mass vaccination site continues to take vaccination requests on its intake form, and is scheduling appointments as vaccines become available, based on the state’s tiered and phased priority list. To get on the vaccination list, find the form at http://www.healthygh.org/directory/covid19.