COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 23 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is seven more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, sixteen county residents have recovered from the virus. There are thirteen fewer county residents in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, and there is one fewer hospitalized. The number 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 reported yesterday a positivity rate for Columbia County of 5.1 percent and a seven-day average of 3.6 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region was 4.2 percent and the seven-day average was 4.2 percent.

 

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 4 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 540, and the number of active cases was 8. There were 35 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.