The recent increase of COVID-19 cases in Wallowa County has slowed again.

The Oregon Health Authority reported one new case on Tuesday, May 11, and one new case on Tuesday, May 13, which brings the overall total in the county to 184.

The surge in late April and early May that saw, at one juncture, 20 new cases in a 10-day-span, has dropped off. There have been just eight cases reported in the county since May 3.