Friday, October 8, 2021

COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 13 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 26 fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 39 county residents have recovered from the virus. There are 24 fewer county residents in mandatory quarantine today than yesterday, but the number hospitalized remains the same. The one person hospitalized is not in the ICU. There has not been another death from COVID-19 in Columbia County since yesterday. 

The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate in the past 24 hours in Columbia County of 4.1 percent and a seven-day average of 3.0 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 3.4 percent and the seven-day average is 3.6 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 3 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 584, and the number of active cases was 19. There were 48 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 2 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 37.

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