COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there has been one new case of COVID-19 and one new recovery, so the number of active cases in the county remains at 22. The number of people hospitalized remains the same. The number of people in mandatory quarantine has been reduced by two, and the number in cautionary quarantine by one. There have been no new deaths.

As of 12 p.m. on July 12, 2020:

• Columbia County has had 37 residents that have passed away from COVID-19.
• Columbia County has 460 confirmed positive cases.
• There are 22 active cases of COVID-19 in Columbia County. We are monitoring 43 county residents on mandatory quarantine, and there are 22 on precautionary quarantine.
• 401 of the 460 cases have recovered from COVID-19
• 9 of the positive cases are hospitalized, none of those hospitalize are in the ICU
• We have received 13,917 PCR reports. Please note this number may represent duplicate reports, out of county reports, and multiple nursing home testings.

Today's update from Governor Andrew Cuomo indicates that the Capital Region--that's us--has had the highest percentage of new COVID cases this weekend of any of the ten regions in the state. Two percent of those tested on Saturday tested positive. By comparison, the rate for the Mid-Hudson Region was .9 percent and New York City was 1.3 percent. The greatest number of new cases is in Rensselaer County, which reported 23 new cases on Saturday. The update reports: "New York State is closely monitoring an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Rensselaer County, a number of which are being investigated as being linked to several individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 after traveling back to New York from Georgia. They are in isolation and the New York State Department of Health and Rensselaer County Health Department are conducting contact tracing."

Stay home. Stay safe. When you venture out into the world, wear a mask.
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