North Central Public Health District officials announced one additional positive COVID-19 cases in Wasco County on Tuesday, running the County’s total for the pandemic up to 69.   There were once again no new cases reported in Hood River County on Tuesday, leaving that number at 88, with County officials reporting on its getreadygorge.com website that 87 of those had recovered.  Statewide, the OHA reported 181 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with three deaths also reported, running Oregon’s total to 8,656 cases, and 207 deaths.  At the start of the week…the OHA said epidemiologists are using a new method for reporting daily cases.  The new method assigns a date to each case when the case is first known to the state or to local health department as confirmed or presumptive.  The agency says it is a better representation of the number of cases reported on any given day.  The Washington Department of Health reported that as of Tuesday Klickitat County was at 59 positive cases, with County officials saying 45 are listed as recovered, and Skamania County five.  The statewide total for Washington is now at 32,824 cases, with 1,332 deaths.