COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Friday, there have been 35 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 10 more than on Friday, from which it can be inferred that, since Friday, 25 county residents have recovered from the virus. There is 1 fewer county resident hospitalized with COVID-19 today than on Friday, and no one is in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 in Columbia County since March 3.

A year ago today, it was Sunday, and the CCDOH did not report COVID numbers, but on the previous two days there were a total of 26 new cases of COVID-19. On April 10, 2021, the total number of cases was 3,962, and the number of active cases was 84. There were 109 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 7 were hospitalized, and 4 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 91.