COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health was released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been two new cases of COVID-19, and six are now listed as "recovering," reducing the total number of active cases by four, to 10. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine is up by six, to 102, and the number in precautionary quarantine has increased by three, to 26. The number of people hospitalized with the virus remains the same, and there have been no new deaths.

As of 3:00 p.m. on August 4, 2020:

• Columbia County has had 37 residents that have passed away from COVID-19.
• Columbia County has 502 confirmed positive cases.
• There are 10 active cases of COVID-19 in Columbia County. We are monitoring 102 residents on mandatory quarantine, and there are 26 on precautionary quarantine.
• 455 of the 502 cases are recovering from COVID-19
• 3 of the positive cases are hospitalized, none of those hospitalized are in the ICU
• We have received 18,902 PCR reports. Please note this number may represent duplicate reports, out of county reports, and multiple nursing home testings.