COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been no new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is four fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that four more county residents are now considered to be recovering from the virus. There are nine fewer county residents in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, but the number hospitalized with the virus has remained unchanged since Saturday, Mary 29. There has not been a death from COVID-19 in Columbia County since May 4. 

The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate for Columbia County yesterday of 0.0 percent and a seven-day average of 0.4 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 0.9 percent and the seven-day average is 0.7 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 2 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 392, and the number of active cases was 116. Forty-four additional county residents were consigned to mandatory quarantine, 17 were hospitalized with the virus, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 34.