COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Friday, there have been 27 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 5 fewer than on Friday, from which it can be inferred that, since Friday, 32 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents hospitalized and in the ICU remains the same as on Friday. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since Tuesday, July 5.

A year ago, July 18 was a Sunday, and the CCDOH did not report COVID numbers. On the previous Friday, July 16, the CCDOH reported 1 new case of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,283, and the number of active cases was 6. There were 10 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.