COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 17 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, 16 county residents have recovered from the virus. There is 1 more county resident hospitalized today than yesterday, and 1 more is in the ICU. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since Monday, November 14.

A year ago today, the CCDOH reported 27 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 5,750, and the number of active cases was 132. There were 304 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 5 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 106.