COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been eleven 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 eleven more county residents are now recovering from the virus. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine today is three more than yesterday. The number hospitalized with the virus and in the ICU remains the same. 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 yesterday of 1.3 percent and a seven-day average of 3.5 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region was 5.5 percent and the seven-day average was 4.2 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 1 new case of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 536, and the number of active cases was 5. There were 39 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 1 was hospitalized, and none was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.