Friday, August 26, 2022

COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 12 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 5 fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 17 county residents have recovered from the virus. There are 2 fewer county residents 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 Monday, August 22.   

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 23 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,570, and the number of active cases was 68. There were 67 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 9 were hospitalized, and 2 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths in Columbia County attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 97.
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  1. Chad WecklerAugust 26, 2022 at 7:40 PM

    Question: If a Hudson resident does a COVID home test that tests positive and goes to a Catskill urgent care center that does their own test that also tests positive. Does that statistic become a Columbia or Greene County statistic?

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