COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Saturday, there have been 22 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 6 fewer than on Saturday, from which it can be inferred that, since Saturday, 28 county residents have recovered from the virus. There are 95 fewer county residents in mandatory quarantine today than on Saturday, but the number hospitalized and in the ICU remains the same. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since October 7. 

The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate in Columbia County from Saturday to Sunday of 2.8 percent and a seven-day average of 3.2 percent. By comparison, the positivity rate for the same period in the Capital Region was 3.1 percent and the seven-day average was 3.8 percent. 

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 3 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 618, and the number of active cases was 29. There were 62 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 9 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 38.