COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 16 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 1 more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 15 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine today is 9 more than yesterday, 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 for Columbia County yesterday of 5.8 percent and a seven-day average of 3.4 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region was 3.0 percent and the seven-day average was 3.7 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 5 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 636, and the number of active cases was 40. There were 41 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.