COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health released its numbers earlier today. Since yesterday, there have been 7 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 8 fewer than yesterday, from which it can be inferred that, since yesterday, 15 county residents have recovered from the virus. There is 1 fewer county resident hospitalized with COVID-19 today 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 yesterday.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 42 new cases of COVID-19 from Saturday to Monday. The total number of cases was 5,658, and the number of active cases was 118. There were 187 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 3 were hospitalized, and 0 were in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Columbia County at this time last year was 105.