The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Friday, there have been fifteen new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is six more than Friday, from which it can be inferred that since Friday nine county residents have recovered from the virus. There 21 more county residents in mandatory quarantine today than Friday. The number of county residents hospitalized with the virus remains the same, but one is now in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 in Columbia County since June 24.
The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate for Columbia County yesterday of 1.9 percent and a seven-day average of 2.6 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 3.7 percent and the seven-day average is 3.6 percent.
A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 2 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 497, and the number of active cases was 15. There were 78 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 3 were hospitalized, and none was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.
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