COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 5 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 recoveries, increasing the number of active cases in the county by 3, to 12. There are now 50 county residents in mandatory quarantine--6 more than yesterday--and 11 in precautionary quarantine--2 more than yesterday. There is one fewer person hospitalized with the virus, and there have been no new deaths. 

As of 3 p.m. on July 28, 2020:

• Columbia County has had 37 residents that have passed away from COVID-19.
• Columbia County has 482 confirmed positive cases.
• There are 12 active cases of COVID-19 in Columbia County. We are monitoring 50 county residents on mandatory quarantine, and there are 11 on precautionary quarantine.
• 433 of the 482 cases have recovered from COVID-19
• 4 of the positive cases are hospitalized, none of those hospitalized are in the ICU
• We have received 17,561 PCR reports. Please note this number may represent duplicate reports, out of county reports, and multiple nursing home testings.