COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Friday, there have been no new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is one fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that another county resident is now considered to be recovering from the virus. There is one more county resident in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, and the number hospitalized with the virus remains the same. No one is in the ICU, and 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 0.3 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 0.3 percent and the seven-day average is 0.4 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 2 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 430, and the number of active cases was 27. There were 9 county residents hospitalized with the virus, and none was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.