Three New Coronavirus Cases In Local Area Reported Tuesday

The Oregon Health Authority reported 84 new cases of COVID-19 in the state on Tuesday, including three in the Mid-Columbia area.  Hood River County reported one new case, moving the total in the County to three, while Wasco County reported two more to move its total to seven.  The state has so far reported 690 COVID-19 cases, while there have been 13,126 negative tests.  Hood River County has had 133 negative tests for COVID-19, Wasco County 107, Gilliam County 4, and Sherman County three.  The deaths that were reported today were a 90-year-old man in Yamhill County and an 88-year-old woman in Benton County, both with underlying medical conditions.  Of the 690 COVID-19 cases in Oregon, 154 have required hospitalization, with 40 patients placed on a ventilator.  The state reports it has 749 ventilators available.  In Washington there have been delays in updating COVID-19 data, with the state health department indicating tracking of negative results is overwhelming the tool it uses for doing so.  So far in Washington there have been 4,896 reported cases of COVID-19, with seven in Klickitat County and one in Skamania County. There have been 195 fatalities, with one in Klickitat County.

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