The death toll from COVID-19 is going up. Hood River County Health Officer Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg said in a Facebook video posted on Monday night that three more COVID deaths have occurred in the County, moving the pandemic total to eight. He gave no details other than to say all three were in their 70’s. He added there are currently over 100 active COVID cases in Hood River County. Van Tilburg also said Hood River County’s first shipment of vaccine will arrive very soon, sometime this week. The first vaccines will be going to frontline health care workers.