The Hood River County Health Department on Sunday afternoon announced that the first COVID-19 case has been identified in a County resident. Hood River County Health Department Director Patricia Elliott has not released many details on the case, citing adherence to national standards on personal health information, but said on Mid-Columbia Today this morning if health officials had concerns the case would raise risks for the public’s health in general, they would release more information. She did say they have done contact investigation, and this person has been in home isolation with very minimal contact with others, who are also staying home. Elliott said local medical providers are being very selective about who they test for COVID-19 and ruling out other diseases first, but she added more and more test results are being announced every day, noting they’ve received numbers of negative tests come back. She also says they’ve applied for personal protective equipment from the strategic national stockpile, and it is slowly coming in and being distributed to providers based on need. Elliott added the County is working on a process to accept donations of personal protective equipment, and more information will be available soon. The Oregon Health Authority Monday afternoon confirmed 30 new cases of COVID-19, including the Hood River County case, to bring the statewide total to 191.