COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Saturday, there have been nineteen new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is eight fewer than on Saturday, from which it can be inferred that, since Saturday, 27 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents in mandatory quarantine is 111 fewer today than on Saturday, but three more county residents are now hospitalized with the virus, and one of those hospitalized is in the ICU. 

The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate in Columbia County yesterday of 1.6 percent and a seven-day average of 3.1 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region was 3.4 percent and the seven-day average was 3.6 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported no new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 577, and the number of active cases was 14. There were 24 county residents in mandatory quarantine, and 1 was hospitalized and in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.