COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been fifteen new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is six more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, nine county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine today is 81 more than yesterday, and the number hospitalized with the virus is four more than yesterday. The number in the ICU remains the same. 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 5.3 percent and a seven-day average of 3.3 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 5.4 percent and the seven-day average is 4.5 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 4 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 528, and the number of active cases was 10. There were 45 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 4 were hospitalized, and none was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.