COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been no new cases and no new recoveries, so the number of active cases remains at ten, with one of those being hospitalized. The number of county residents in quarantine, both mandatory and precautionary, remains the same, and for the 110th consecutive day, there have been no deaths from COVID-19 in Columbia County.

With zero positives out of 344 test results received, the positive percentage rate for today is 0.0 percent. Since Monday, September 21, there have been nine positives out of 1,732 test results, making the positive percentage rate for the past seven days 0.5 percent.