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The governor is cracking down on enforcement at COVID-19 hotspots while sending a care package to the White House.

A new smartphone app promoted by New York State is designed to let users know if they’ve come within six feet of someone infected with COVID-19.

Students work on an engine in the Diesel Tech lab, part of the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School Program.

The Hollowed Harvest event runs Thursday through Sunday until Nov. 1. Seven-thousand pumpkins line the infield of the Altamont fairgrounds, which takes 35 to 40 minutes to walk. 

A Traffic Safety Awareness Show was held at Crossgates Mall this past weekend. Albany County holds a free inspection every year. 

On Tuesday morning, as Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy announced 11 new cases of COVID-19 — six of them related to the University at Albany — he noted a local spike in cases for teenagers and cited a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Statewide, 1.5 percent of Sunday’s COVID-19 test results were positive. For the Capital Region, of which Albany County is a part, the rate was 0.9 percent. Rapid testing will be used in places where the state has clusters of the disease.

On Sunday evening, the county’s health department asked anyone attending services at Life Church Albany on Sept. 13 or 20 to call the department.

ALBANY COUNTY — Of the 27 new cases of COVID-19 announced by Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy on Saturday morning, 11 are associated with the University at Albany.

Although Albany County has announced well over 100 COVID-19 cases related to the University at Albany in the past two weeks — the majority of its new cases — only cases of people working, living, or studying on campus are being counted toward the 100 that would have forced remote learning.

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