COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health released its numbers for yesterday early this morning. Between Wednesday and Thursday, there were 10 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported for Thursday is 4 fewer than on Wednesday, from which it can be inferred that, from Wednesday to Thursday, 14 county residents recovered from the virus. The number of county residents hospitalized and in the ICU remained the same on Wednesday and Thursday. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since June 8.

A year ago on June 23, the CCDOH reported 1 new case of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,262, and the number of active cases was 7. There were 22 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 1 was hospitalized, and 0 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths in Columbia County attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 94.