Positive tests for COVID-19 in the Mid-Columbia keep trending upward. Hood River County health officials on Monday put its latest count at 61 positive tests and six presumptive cases, with Health Director Patricia Elliott telling County Commissioners all of the new cases in the last week have been connected to outbreaks at agricultural facilities. Wasco County reported a cumulative total of 35 positive tests, while Sherman County remains at one and Gilliam County zero. Klickitat County’s total went up to 40 on Monday, while Skamania County remained at three. All of those numbers are cumulative since the pandemic began.