As the county announced the number of confirmed cases of COVID went up today to 52, from 41 yesterday, Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber declared a state of emergency for the town.

On Thursday, New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, called for the tolling, or pausing and extending for a certain amount of time, of statute of limitations in New York as the state and residents take significant action to respond to the coronavirus disease.

Pine Bush trails remain open although the Pine Bush Preserve offices and Discovery Center are closed due to concerns about the coronavirus.

All scheduled programs, activities, and meetings have been cancelled but the preserve urges residents to use both its physical and virtual resources.

GUILDERLAND — Stuyvesant Plaza announced on Thursday that it will waive rent payments for all retail and restaurant tenants for a two-week period effective Friday, March 20.

Albany Medical Center and St. Peter’s Health Partners are suspending COVID-19 community testing, the hospitals announced on Thursday evening.

Effective immediately, St. Peter’s will be testing only symptomatic health-care providers at its Albany Memorial Campus at 600 Northern Blvd. in Albany.

Local schools, though closed, are continuing to provide sustenance to students — food and social services for those who need it as well as remote teaching.

The president of Albany Medical Center, Dennis McKenna, estimates Albany Med has two to three days left of testing kits for COVID-19. “We are dependent on availability of tests,” he said. “If kits are in short supply, they will be kept for patients in-house or the population most at risk.”

Some local businesses have had to completely alter how they do things after new general- and business-related coronavirus guidance coming from both the state and federal governments this week.

Upcoming board meetings and those looking to conduct business at their local town hall are the latest victims of the coronavirus. 

“It will be a question of triage,” the governor said when coronavirus peaks in New York and the state has less than half of the hospital beds needed.