COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been seven new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is five fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, twelve county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine today is thirty fewer than yesterday, but one more is hospitalized with the virus, and 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 4.9 percent and a seven-day average of 3.6 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 4.5 percent and the seven-day average is 4.6 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 1 new case of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 529, and the number of active cases was 9. There were 44 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 5 were hospitalized, and none was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.