COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 15 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 11 fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 26 county residents have recovered from the virus. There are 2 fewer county residents hospitalized today than yesterday, and 2 fewer are in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since Monday, May 16.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 3 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,243, and the number of active cases was 30. There were 52 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 5 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths in Columbia County attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 94.