Today Albany county has 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19

Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 13:07

ALBANY COUNTY — All 11 Albany County patients with confirmed cases of coronavirus disease are recovering, according to a release Sunday morning from the office of Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy.

This is up from the count of seven confirmed cases yesterday evening.

One of those 11 patients is hospitalized and the others are quarantined at home.

“We are currently monitoring 476 under a precautionary quarantine and 89 under a mandatory quarantine,” according to the release. “We have said as more people are tested that we expect we are going to get more positive cases.”

— Melissa Hale-Spencer

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