COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. The statewide mask mandate for schools ends tomorrow, but today, the CCDOH reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 since yesterday. The number of active cases being reported today is 7 more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 4 county residents have recovered from the virus. There is 1 more county resident hospitalized with COVID-19 today than yesterday, but the number in the ICU remains the same. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since yesterday, when the 19th death in the short month of February was reported.

The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate for Columbia County yesterday of 1.2 percent and a seven-day average of 4.9 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region was 4.4 percent and the seven-day average was 3.4 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 death. The total number of cases was 3,561, and the number of active cases was 97. There were 188 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 11 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 87.