COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health released its numbers earlier today. Since yesterday, there have been 10 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 1 more than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 9 county residents have recovered from the virus. There is 1 more county resident hospitalized today than yesterday, but for the first time since October 6 none of those hospitalized is in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since October 5. 

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 and a death. The total number of cases was 5,377, and the number of active cases was 75. There were 221 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 2 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 104.