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 10 more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 3 county residents have recovered from the virus. There are 3 more county residents hospitalized today than yesterday, but none is in the ICU. 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 2.7 percent. By comparison, the daily positivity rate for the Capital Region is 3.3 percent and the seven-day average is 3.2 percent.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 7 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 3,786, and the number of active cases was 90. There were 412 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 10 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 89.