Monday, December 7, 2020 CHAIRMAN’S PRESS RELEASE LOCAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCES COVID-19 CLUSTER A Columbia County-based business has experienced six positive cases of COVID-19, county Department of Health Director Jack Mabb said Monday. The offices are currently closed to the public. Contact tracing is in process, said Director Mabb, and as of this time the virus is confined to business … {Read more...}

Friday, December 4, 2020 CHAIRMAN’S PRESS RELEASE NEW FINANCIAL DONATIONS Columbia County has received $350 in new monetary donations in the fight against the coronavirus, county Board of Supervisors Chairman Murell said Friday. A donation of $200 has been made by Anna S. Kadish of Craryville, and $150 from Lawrence and Susan Libsch of Chatham. Prior donations from the public have … {Read more...}

  As it does every Friday, the Columbia County Department of Health has released its breakdown of COVID-19 cases by municipality and nursing home. In the past week, there have been 66 new cases. There were no new cases reported at any of the nursing homes this week. Of the municipalities, Greenport had the greatest number of new cases with twelve. Claverack and Kinderhook … {Read more...}

The Columbia County Department of Health has released its numbers for today. Since yesterday, there have been 22 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the total number of cases since March to over a thousand. There have also been ten recoveries, so the total number of active cases has increased by twelve to 65. One more county resident is hospitalized with the virus today than yesterday, and the … {Read more...}

Wednesday, December 2, 2020 CHAIRMAN’S PRESS RELEASE DOH DIRECTOR DECRIES WINTER WALK PLANS “If I tell you I’m having a birthday party and I’m expecting 50 visitors, when in fact I’m expecting hundreds, does that make it okay? No,” said Columbia County Department of Health Director Jack Mabb on Wednesday in discussing Hudson’s Winter Walk plans for Saturday, December 5. Under … {Read more...}