COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 14 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 6 fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 20 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents hospitalized with COVID-19 today is the same as yesterday, but 1 fewer is in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since September 12.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 19 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 5,122, and the number of active cases was 97. There were 241 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 7 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths in Columbia County attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 102.