Two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Grays Harbor County this week, one Wednesday, and another Thursday, bringing the county’s total to 19 reported since March.

Keeping with Grays Harbor Public Health’s policy throughout the pandemic, no additional information about those who test positive was released.

Meantime, local health officials said an inmate was transferred to Stafford Creek Corrections Center after having previously tested positive for COVID-19 and been treated for it. The announcement said the inmate was transferred from another facility to Stafford Creek Thursday for treatment of an underlying health condition. The inmate’s positive COVID test does not count among Grays Harbor’s 19 cases.

Stafford Creek “is taking seriously the health and safety of all individuals in the facility and utilizing all precautions available to them,” health officials said.

According to information from the state Department of Health, updated before Thursday’s case was announced, there have been seven hospitalizations for COVID-19 during the pandemic, and no deaths in Grays Harbor County. As of late Wednesday, a total of 2,291 tests have been administered in the county, with 0.8% of them coming back positive.

Pacific County has nine confirmed cases of COVID-19, more than half related to an outbreak at a seafood processing facility in Astoria, Oregon. There have been two hospitalizations, according to the state Department of Health, and one death attributed to the county. There have been 605 tests administered in Pacific County, 1.5% coming back positive.

For information about COVID-19 and Grays Harbor Public Health and emergency operations center response, visit http://www.healthyGH.org, or on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/healthyghc.

Grays Harbor County Public Health will continue to operate a COVID-19 call center that will assist people with testing referrals. Assistance is available in both English and Spanish. Call 360-964-1850 Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m.