COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Friday, there have been 29 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 14 fewer than on Friday, from which it can be inferred that, since Friday, 43 county residents have recovered from the virus. There is 1 more county resident hospitalized with COVID-19 today than on Friday, and 1 fewer of those hospitalized is in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since September 12.

A year ago, October 3 was a Sunday, and the CCDOH did not report COVID numbers. On Saturday, October 2, the CCDOH reported 14 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 5,103, and the number of active cases was 105. There were 352 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 4 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.