It's not a good sign that the Columbia County Department of Health has returned to reporting COVID-19 statistics on the weekend, but here are the numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been ten new cases of COVID-19. Oddly, the number of active cases being reported today is fifteen more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that there was an error somewhere in the CCDOH's reporting. There are five fewer county residents in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, but there is one more hospitalized with the virus. 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 daily positivity rate for Columbia County of 1.6 percent and a seven-day average of 3.4 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region was 3.6 percent and the seven-day average was 4.5 percent.
A year ago today, the CCDOH reported no new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 540, and the number of active cases was 7. There were 38 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.
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