Two additional Pacific County residents have died from complications of COVID-19, the county announced Thursday.

According to a statement from county Emergency Management Director Scott McDougall, “The total number of deaths among Pacific County residents that have been attributed to COVID-19 is now nine. Pacific County’s death rate due to COVID-19 is 1.3 per 100 (or 1.3% of all COVID-19 cases).”

A total of 688 Pacific County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, up 19 cases since Jan. 20. Of those, 32 cases are currently active as of Thursday. The case rate per 100,000 population over 14 days Thursday was 217.2. That number has been dropping steadily since Jan. 13. Active cases are currently spread throughout all parts of Pacific County, with more than half in the more populated Raymond and South Bend zip codes.

McDougall included county vaccination numbers. As of Tuesday, 1,160 first doses had been given, and 270 second doses. An additional 770 first doses were scheduled through the week, and 1,660 second doses were scheduled for the next four weeks.

Pacific County vaccinations are done through a public health waiting list. County residents from Bay Center north can fill out the list here, https://forms.gle/BNtAvdmK8hfBBzSx8; residents living in the south county, from Bay Center south, have a separate list, https://forms.gle/bBDu2iTdJsHBJJoh9.