COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 8 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 10 more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that the number of active cases reported yesterday was incorrect. There is 1 more county resident hospitalized with the virus today than yesterday, but the number in the ICU has not changed. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since March 3. 

The New York Forward dashboard is reporting a positivity rate for Columbia County today of 1.7 percent and a seven-day average of 3.1 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 3.2 percent and the seven-day average is 2.3 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 15 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 3,677, and the number of active cases was 65. There were 184 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 7 were hospitalized, and 2 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 89.