ALBANY COUNTY — For the first time in over two months, Albany County announced a number of new COVID-19 cases on Monday morning that was under 100.

Eighty-four residents tested positive for the virus, according to a release from Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy’s office.

At the same time, the governor’s office released data showing that the infection rate for the Capital Region, as a seven-day average, was under 5 percent — at 4.90 percent. And, for the first time in months, the Capital Region’s rate was lower than the state average, of 5.09 percent.

“Yesterday, the positivity statewide was 4.8,” said Governor Andrew Cuomo at his press briefing on Monday. “That is actually very good news. That is 24 straight days of decline in what they call the seven-day average.”

Albany County’s infection rate, as of Jan. 31, as a seven-day rolling average, was 5.1 percent, according to the state’s dashboard.

The state as well as the county had experienced a tremendous surge in COVID-19 cases following holiday gatherings.

However, the hospitalizations and deaths that follow infection rates are still occurring.

Nine more Albany County residents were hospitalized with the disease overnight and there are now 143 residents hospitalized with 13 of them in intensive-care units.

Two more county residents died of COVID-19 since Sunday: a woman in her sixties and a woman in her eighties. Those deaths bring the county’s toll to 317.

As of Monday morning, Albany County has had 18,413 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of the 84 new cases, 62 did not have clear sources of infection identified, 20 had close contact with someone infected with the disease, and two are health-care workers or residents of congregate settings.

The five-day average for new daily positives has decreased to 163.2 from 184.8. There are now 1,459 active cases in the county, down from 1,578 on Sunday.

The number of county residents under mandatory quarantine decreased to 2,646 from 2,867. So far, 54,936 residents have completed quarantine. Of those, 16,954 had tested positive and recovered. That is an increase of 194 recoveries since Sunday.

While the Capital Region has increased its percentage of available hospital beds and ICU beds, it still has the worst rate for both among the state’s 10 regions.

Currently, 416 Capital Region residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, which is 0.04 percent of the population, leaving 26 percent of the region’s hospital beds available.

Statewide, 0.04 percent of New Yorkers are hospitalized, leaving 33 percent of hospital beds available.

Currently, 198 of the Capital Region’s 238 ICU beds are filled, leaving 20 percent available. Statewide, 26 percent of ICU beds are available.

New York is in its seventh seek of administering vaccinations supplied by the federal government. The Capital Region has administered 114,685 of the 137,840 doses it has been allocated, or 83 percent.

Statewide, 75 percent of doses have been allocated.