COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been three new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is six fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that since yesterday nine county residents have recovered from the virus. There are 27 more county residents in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, but the number hospitalized and 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 1.2 percent and a seven-day average of 2.7 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 3.5 percent and the seven-day average is 3.9 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported two new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 502, and the number of active cases was ten. There were 102 county residents in mandatory quarantine, three were hospitalized with the virus, and none was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.