Two More COVID-19 Cases In Hood River County

Hood River County registered two more positive COVID-19 tests over the weekend.  In a statement issued Monday morning, Hood River County Health Department Director Patricia Elliott says the last four cases are from the same family.  The family has been asked to isolate according to current guidelines.  In a video posted on Facebook, County Public Health Director Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg said more testing is being done so more cases will be found with the virus in the community.  No new cases were reported in other Oregon Mid-Columbia counties over the weekend, leaving Wasco County at 13 positive tests, Hood River County nine, and Sherman County one.  The Oregon Health Authority today said there were 79 new COVID-19 cases that were either positive tests or presumptive to run the statewide number to 2,759…with no new deaths leaving that number at 109.  The OHA said Monday that it is now including presumptive COVID-19 cases in its daily reports.  A presumptive case is someone who does not have a positive test fir COVID-19, but is showing symptoms and has had close contact with a confirmed case.  In Washington, state numbers released on Sunday showed the number of positive tests in Klickitat County had moved up by one to 18m while Skamania County is at three.

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