COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 8 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 17 fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 25 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents hospitalized with COVID-19 and in the ICU is the same today as yesterday. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since September 12.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported a death from COVID-19 and 21 new cases. The total number of cases was 5,032, and the number of active cases was 111. There were 245 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 3 were 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 102.