Like the statewide numbers, both Hood River and Wasco counties saw record highs of daily COVID-19 case counts on Friday. Oregon Health Authority statistics reported 27 new confirmed or presumptive COVID-19 cases in Hood River County and 21 in Wasco County. Wasco County is now at 575 total cases…with 350 listed as recovered by the North Central Public Health District using a 30-day standard since the onset of symptoms and in stable medical condition. Hood River County is now at 464 total cases for the pandemic…with the County Health Department indicating the Oregon Health Department is changing how out of isolation is reported. Gilliam County had one new case Friday and is at 24 with 17 recovered. Sherman County also had one new case to also be at 24 with 23 recovered. The OHA reported 2,176 new COVID cases statewide on Friday to move the pandemic total to 81,437. There were 30 COVID-related deaths that occurred between November 15 and Thursday included in the OHA’s Friday report…moving the total to 1,004. The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients across Oregon decreased by two in Friday’s report to 557. The OHA says there were 115 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit beds on Friday, six more than Thursday. Klickitat County on Thursday reported 13 new COVID cases to move its pandemic total to 312…with its active cases up 11 to 55…25 of them listed in White Salmon. Skamania County on Friday added ten new cases to move to 118 total for the pandemic…and the number of currently active cases went up to 17. The Washington Department of Health on Friday reported 1,853 new confirmed COVID cases and 25 deaths, moving its totals to 174,290 known cases and 2,925 deaths.