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 the same as yesterday, from which it can be inferred that no one has recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours. There is one more county resident in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, and the CCDOH is still reporting there is one county resident hospitalized with the virus. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since June 24.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported no new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 463, and the number of active cases was 16. 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.