Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s office announced on Tuesday that Hood River County’s COVID-19 risk designation will be moved from extreme to high risk on Friday.  Hood River County is one of twelve counties that are improving in risk level during the next revision that occurs every two weeks, with ten moving from extreme risk to high risk, including the three Portland metro area counties.  Restaurants in “high risk” level counties will be allowed to open for indoor dining and gyms can increase the amount of people inside.  The capacity for both restaurants and gym can’t exceed 25% maximum occupancy or 50 people, whichever is smaller.  Hood River County officials say practicing basic prevention measures is more important than ever — wearing masks, physical distancing, avoiding gatherings, staying home if sick — and must continue, particularly with new variants of the virus spreading.  Wasco County is one of fourteen counties remaining in the “extreme risk” level.