ALBANY COUNTY — The state capitol in Albany opened to the public on Friday, three days after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the statewide lifting of most COVID-19 restrictions.

Also on Friday, the state started posting vaccination rates by ZIP code, and Cuomo announced that the state’s mass vaccination clinics would be phased out.

Some Republicans had objected to the capitol being closed even as sporting events and other venues were allowed to open. The entire Empire State Plaza complex, which includes the Legislative Office Building as well as the capitol, has reopened.

Unvaccinated people will continue to be responsible for wearing masks, in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Free tours of the 1880s capitol building resume June 21 and run Monday through Friday, at 10 a.m. and noon, while free tours of the Empire State Plaza will resume July 7 and run Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 2 p.m.

Downscaling clinics

 Over the course of weeks and months, a number of state vaccination sites will downscale based on demand, proximity to other vaccination sites, and other locally focused efforts, according to a release from the governor’s office; the transition reflects the state’s plan to focus resources on areas where ZIP code data shows the vaccination rate is lower than the statewide average.

In Albany County, the health commissioner, Elizabeth Whalen, announced last week that  her department would no longer hold large-scale clinics but rather focus on neighborhood pop-ups.

The strategy going forward, Whalen said, will be to “vaccinate people where they live, work, and pray.”

Albany County continues to offer vaccination weekdays at the health department’s Green Street offices.

“Our statewide progress has been remarkable, but we still need to get more shots into people's arms, particularly in areas that are still lagging on vaccinations,” said Cuomo in a statement. “We have to go where the need is greatest, and so many of our mass sites will gradually start downscaling so that we can use our resources to target communities where vaccination rates are still low.”

Starting Monday, June 21, the first phase of downscaling will begin with the closing of the mass sites in Corning, Oneonta, Potsdam, and York College. The site at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland remains open.

Vax rates

While statewide, New York reached the 70-percent mark of adults with at least one dose of vaccine, lifting restrictions, vaccination rates vary across the state.

On Friday, the state’s vaccine tracker started listing the rates according to ZIP code.

In Albany County, the lowest rate of residents who have received one dose is 1222 in Albany at 7.7 percent and the highest is 12007 in Alcove at 100 percent.

These are the rates for Thursday, from lowest to highest, in The Enterprise coverage area with the first number being the percentage who have gotten a least one dose and the second number representing the percentage who have been fully vaccinated for each ZIP code:

— 12046, Coeymans Hollow, 29.1 percent, 26.7 percent;

— 12120, Medusa: 41.3 percent, 36.9 percent;

— 12161, South Bethlehem: 41.4 percent, 39.3 percent;

— 12023, Berne: 47.1 percent, 44.2 percent;

— 12469, Preston Hollow: 47.9 percent, 43.2 percent;

— 12041, Clarksville:49.6 percent, 48.7 percent;

— 12193, Westerlo: 52.9 percent, 49.0 percent

— 12059, East Berne: 54.5 percent, 51.6 percent;

— 12067, Feura Bush: 54.9 percent, 51.7 percent

— 12203, Albany: 58.4 percent, 54.5 percent;

— 12147, Rensselaerville, 62.4 percent, 61.6 percent;

— 12009, Altamont: 64.0 percent, 60.2 percent;

— 12084, Guilderland: 67.1 percent, 61.5 percent

— 12085, Guilderland Center:74.5 percent, 67.9 percent;

— 12186, Voorheesville: 75.7 percent, 71.9 percent;

— 12054, Delmar: 80.5 percent, 75.5 percent; and

— 12159, Slingerlands: 83.3 percent, 78.6 percent.

Statewide, the vaccination rate for New Yorkers 18 and older who have gotten one dose is 70.6 percent while 51.4 percent of New Yorkers have completed a vaccination series.

According to the state’s vaccine tracker, 64.1 percent of Albany County’s 307,117 residents have received at least one dose while 74.8 percent of those 18 and older have.

Newest numbers

Statewide, the infection rate, as of Thursday, as a seven-day rolling average, was 0.4 percent.

In Albany County, the infection rate, also as of Thursday, as a seven-day rolling average, was 0.3 percent, according to the state’s dashboard.

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy, in a release on Friday morning, announced four new cases of COVID-19, bringing the county’s tally to 24,394.

The five-day average for new daily positives decreased slightly from 3.2 to 2.8. There are now 23 active cases in the county, up from 21 on Thursday.

The number of Albany County residents under quarantine increased to 47 from 46. So far, 79,943 residents have completed quarantine. Of those, 24,371 had tested positive and recovered, an increase of two recoveries since Thursday.

There were no new hospitalizations overnight, and there are still four county residents hospitalized from the virus. There are still two patients currently in intensive-care units, unchanged from Thursday.

Albany County’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 385.