Sunday Numbers Show COVID-19 Increases

Oregon Health Authority numbers released on Sunday added 12 more confirmed or presumptive COVID-19 cases to Hood River County’s cumulative total since statistics began to be tallied nearly three months ago.  Hood River County is now at 56 cases in that time span, with about two-thirds of those occurring in the last week when multiple cases were linked to three congregate work sites.  In a statement Sunday, the OHA said all 12 of the additional cases in the Sunday report are linked to outbreaks at seasonal agricultural facilities.  The OHA numbers put Wasco County at 35 with two added on Sunday.  Statewide, 146 new confirmed or presumptive COVID-19 cases were added on Sunday to bring the state’s total to 4,808.  65 of the new cases were reported from Pacific Seafood in Lincoln County.  The investigation into the outbreak started June 2, but the initial case count was below the threshold for public disclosure.  OHA officials said that although the number of new cases was high Sunday, the overall rate of infection in Oregon remains among the lowest in the United States.  They remind people of the need to continue to maintain physical distancing, to wear face coverings where physical distancing cannot be maintained and to follow good hand hygiene.  One death was reported in Sunday’s update, bring the total during the pandemic to 164.  Klickitat County over the weekend upped their total of positive COVID-19 tests to 34, while Skamania County remains at three.  Washington total number of confirmed cases during the pandemic is 23,729, with 1,159 deaths.

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