COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there are six more positive cases of COVID-19, two more people have recovered and there have been no more deaths. 

As of 2 p.m. on April 17, 2020:

• 10 community members have passed away from COVID-19
• 108 positive cases of COVID-19
• 51 of the 108 cases have recovered from COVID-19
• 10 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 4 of those are in the ICU
• We have received 806 test results completed for Columbia County residents
• 85 residents are under mandatory quarantine and 13 under precautionary quarantine
• There are 2 residents with suspected, not tested cases  

Last Friday, Jack Mabb, director of the CCDOH, promised to release a town-by-town breakdown of positive cases every Friday. Today is Friday, but those numbers have not yet been released.