COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 36 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 5 more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 31 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents hospitalized with COVID-19 today is 7 fewer 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 September 12.  

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 14 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 4,942, and the number of active cases was 112. There were 361 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 7 were hospitalized, and 2 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Columbia County at this time last year was 100.