Providence hospitals, including its facility in Hood River, is restricting most visitors to hospitals beginning Monday due to recent surge of COVID-19 in Oregon.  The hospital says exceptions include one visitor while in the emergency department only, two visitors in labor and delivery through approximately 2 hours postpartum, one visitor in the mother/baby unit, two visitors in the pediatric inpatient area, and people with disabilities.  In these cases, visitors must be at least 16 years old, wear a mask fully covering their nose and mouth, and remain in the patient room unless entering or exiting the medical center.  The change comes as the highly contagious delta variant leaves Oregon with a record number of new cases and intensive care hospitalizations.