COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 33 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 20 more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 13 county residents have recovered from the virus. There is 1 fewer county resident hospitalized today than yesterday, but the number in the ICU remains the same. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since June 8.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 0 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,266, and the number of active cases was 3. There were 16 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 96.