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.

ALBANY COUNTY — As COVID-19 cases spike in the Midwest, Governor Andrew Cuomo joined with Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Esther Whitmer — both Democrats — to call on Congress to conduct an oversight investigation into the Republican Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Nationwide, COVID-19 deaths passed the 200,000 mark on Tuesday. The autumn surge that many had feared appeared to be materializing as schools reopened and more activities took place indoors with colder weather. Statewide, the comptroller released a report showing decreases in tax receipts, and local and state officials as well as Congressman Paul Tonko continued to call for federal aid to state and local governments.

Voters must apply for a general-election absentee ballot no later than seven days — Tuesday, Oct. 27 — before the election. However, they may apply in-person up to the day before the election: Monday, Nov. 2.

Voters may apply for an absentee ballot:

These local students were named to the dean’s list from their college or university for the spring 2020 semester:

— Justin Cohen of Slingerlands, at Union College with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher;

— Steven Low of Voorheesville, at St. Lawrence University with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher;