COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 21 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 2 more than yesterday. There is 1 more county resident hospitalized with the virus 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.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 5 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,030, and the number of active cases was 47. There were 140 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 2 were hospitalized, and 0 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 93.