County’s COVID-19 death toll adds one, now at 367

Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 20:09

Enterprise file photo — Michael Koff

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy, shown here at an April 5 briefing, on Saturday announced another death of a county resident from COVID-19. “Losing someone is never easy, and we’re reminded that even though we’re making progress in getting people vaccinated, COVID is still a threat,” he said in a statement.

ALBANY COUNTY — For the first time in two weeks, another county resident — a woman in her seventies — has died of COVID-19, according to a release from Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy.

This brings the county’s COVID-19 death toll to 367. Statewide, the governor’s office on Saturday reported 56 other COVID-19 deaths.

“Losing someone is never easy, and we’re reminded that even though we’re making progress in getting people vaccinated, COVID is still a threat,” said McCoy in a statement as he announced the latest numbers.

He also reported, “Albany County now has the highest first dose vaccination rate for any county in the Capital Region, and our full vaccination rate went up a full percentage point since yesterday, reaching just under 30 percent of the county’s population.”

As of Saturday night, 44.4 percent of Albany county’s 307,117 residents had received at least one dose of vaccine, according to the state’s vaccine tracker. MCcoy reported on Saturday morning that  29.9 percent were fully vaccinated.

Statewide, 36.9 percent of New Yorkers have received at least one shot and 23.9 percent have completed a vaccine series, according to the tracker.

McCoy also reported 64 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the county’s tally to 22,909.

Of the new cases, 42 did not have clear sources of infection identified, 19 had close contact with someone infected with the disease, two reported traveling out of state, and one was a health-care worker or resident of a congregate setting.

The five-day average for new daily positives has decreased to 59.4 from 60.8. There are now 519 active cases in the county, down slightly from 520 on Friday.

The number of Albany County residents under quarantine dropped to 1,129 from 1,209. So far, 73,499 residents have completed quarantine. Of those, 22,390 had tested positive and recovered. That is an increase of 62 recoveries since yesterday.

There were two new hospitalizations overnight and there are 30 county residents hospitalized from the virus — remaining the same over the last 24-hour period. There are currently six patients in intensive-care units, down from seven yesterday.

Albany County’s infection rate, as of Friday, as a seven-day rolling average, was 2.5 percent, according to the state’s dashboard.

Statewide, the infection rate, also as of Friday, as a seven-day rolling average, was 3.3 percent.

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