Can I backup Health data from Apple Watch to iCloud?

The iphone I have my Apple Watch 9 paired with failed an update via itunes and I had to use a backup from before I had my Apple watch thus it did not retain the pairing. Is there a way I can backup the health data directly to icloud without the iPhone connection? The watch still connects to wifi. I believe if I unpair the watch to newly pair to this version of phone, I lose all the data on it from the unpairing. I guess I want a backup of the watch independent of being part of an iphone backup…

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