The Washington State Department of Heatlh has started to be able to update its COVID-19 statistics after its system became overwhelmed by in particular the number of negative tests it was computing.  In its latest numbers, as of the end of Tuesday there had been 5,984 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Washington, with 247 fatalities.  Out of nearly 75,000 tests done for COVID-19, eight percent had tested positive.  Klickitat County had eight confirmed cases of coronavirus, with one fatality that was reported over the weekend, and 6.8 percent of the 117 COVID-19 tests done in the County had come back positive.  Skamania County remains at one confirmed case of COVID-19 out of 29 tests that have been done.  County officials say that patient is a male in his 40’s, and is symptomatic but not hospitalized.  He has been self- quarantined, as has his immediate family members.