COVID-19 Update

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since Friday, there have been 20 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active cases being reported today is 7 fewer than on Friday, from which it can be inferred that, since Friday, 27 county residents have recovered from the virus. The number of county residents hospitalized and in the ICU today is the same as on Friday. There has not been a death from COVID-19 reported in Columbia County since Monday, November 28.

A year ago, December 5 was a  Sunday, and the CCDOH did not report COVID numbers. On Saturday, December 4, the CCDOH reported 57 new cases of COVID-19. The total number of cases was 6,285, and the number of active cases was 140. There were 347 county residents in mandatory quarantine, 12 were hospitalized, and 1 was in the ICU. The total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at this time last year was 108.