The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Friday, there have been 21 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is five fewer than on Friday, from which it can be inferred that, since Friday, 26 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine today is 38 fewer than on Friday. There are two more county residents hospitalized with the virus today than on Friday, and one more of those hospitalized is in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 in Columbia County since Thursday, August 19.
The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate for Columbia County on Saturday of 3.1 percent and a seven-day average of 3.8 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region for the same day is 4.1 percent and the seven-day average is 4.2 percent.
A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 1 new case of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 534, and the number of active cases was 6. There were 33 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 2 were hospitalized, and none was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed for COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.
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