Monday updates from the Oregon Health Authority continued Wasco County’s trend upward in COVID-19 cases, with three more cases moving the County’s total number for the pandemic to 94. Wasco County has seen 52 cases in the past two weeks, with County officials saying half of those were related to agricultural workplace, 28 percent are spontaneous with no known source, and the remaining 22 percent are close contacts of cases. On Friday, Wasco County was one of eight counties in the state placed on a “watch list” because the spread of COVID-19 cases was reaching alarming levels. According to the Governor’s office the Oregon Health Authority and local officials are deploying additional capacity to control the spread of the disease, and Brown says if the counties do not see a downturn quickly, restrictive measures such as business closures or tighter gathering size limits will ensue. The OHA reported one new case for Hood River County on Monday. In combination with five reported over the weekend, they are the first for Hood River County in nearly two weeks. Hood River County is now at 94 cases for the pandemic, and the County Health Department says the previous 88 have recovered. County Health Department Director Trish Elliott says with latest half-dozen cases, they are looking at a couple of workplaces and some travel involvement…but there is also the possibility of community spread, adding they will be releasing more details. Sherman County over the weekend reported its second and third COVID-19 cases, and Gilliam County had its first. Statewide, the OHA on Monday reported 168 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases with no deaths, moving the state’s totals to 10,395 cases with 215 deaths. In Washington, the state Department of Health put Klickitat County at 67 total cases as of Sunday, and Skamania County up to nine. Washington’s statewide totals are now at 35,898 cases and 1,359 deaths.