COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today, Tuesday, July 13. Since yesterday, there have been three new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is two more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that one more county resident is now considered to be recovering from the virus. There are two more county residents in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, but the number hospitalized remains the same. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since June 24. 

The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate for Columbia County yesterday of 3.1 percent and a seven-day average of 0.7 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 1.7 percent and the seven-day average is 0.8 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 3 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 463, and the number of active cases was 19. There were 49 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 9 were 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.