COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 34 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 3 fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 37 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents hospitalized and in the ICU--16 and 3 respectively--remains the same as yesterday. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since March 3.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 13 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,133, and the number of active cases was 54. There were 89 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 0 were hospitalized, and 0 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Columbia County at this time last year was 94.