The Washington State Department of Heatlh has started to be able to update its COVID-19 statistics after its system became overwhelmed by in particular the number of negative tests it was computing. In its latest numbers, as of the end of Wednesday there had been 6,585 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Washington, with 262 fatalities. Out of over 79,000 tests done for COVID-19, 8.3% had tested positive. Klickitat County had eight confirmed cases of coronavirus, with one fatality that was reported last weekend, and 6.4% of the 125 COVID-19 tests done in the County had come back positive. Skamania County remains at one confirmed case of COVID-19 out of 31 tests that have been done. County officials say that patient is a male in his 40’s, and is symptomatic but not hospitalized. He has been self- quarantined, as has his immediate family members.