ALBANY COUNTY — Two out of five New Yorkers are hesitant to take a COVID-19 vaccine, said Governor Andrew Cuomo to reporters during a phone call Sunday.

“That is not good,”he said. “Remember, we have to get 70 to 90 percent, 75 to 85 percent vaccinated.”

The poll was conducted by the Association for a Better New York, a not-for-profit coalition of business, labor, and political leaders encouraging growth in New York City.

Cuomo said that “virtually all hospital workers have been offered the vaccine.” Seventy percent of hospital workers statewide are white, he said, and 63 percent took the vaccine.

Eight percent are Latinos and they are 10 percent of the hospital workers who took the vaccine. Eleven percent of hospital workers are Asian Americans and they are 16 percent of the people who took the vaccine, said Cuomo.

“Asians are over performing, if you will, by percentage. Latinos are over performing by percentage,” said Cuomo. However, he went on, 17 percent of hospital workers statewide are Black but only 10 percent of hospital workers who took the vaccine were Black.

Some of the hospital workers declined to give their ethnicity.

Cuomo said the state’s social equity vaccine force is focusing on both accessibility and acceptance. He noted a New York State panel reviewed and approved the two vaccines approved by the federal government in case New Yorkers were skeptical of the Trump administration.

Finally, Cuomo said that the state is launching an advertising campaign targeted to Black New Yorkers to build trust.

The Capital Region has administered 137,840 doses of the 110,938 doses it has received, or 80 percent, according to a Sunday release from the governor’s office. Statewide, 73 percent of doses have been administered.

Later on Sunday, the governor’s office announced that, because of a snowstorm, some downstate sites will postpone appointments for vaccinations.

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy announced in a release on Sunday morning that three more residents have died because of COVID-19: a woman and two men, all in their seventies.

The county’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 315.

McCoy noted that 89 county residents died of the disease in January — the deadliest month since COVID-19 hit Albany County in March.

As of Sunday morning, Albany County has had 18,338 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 157 new cases.

Of the new cases, 107 did not have a clear source of infection identified, 45 had close contact with someone infected with the disease, and five are health-care workers or residents of congregate settings.

The five-day average for new daily positives has increased to 184.8 from 183.4. There are now 1,578 active cases in the county, up from 1,564 on Saturday.

The number of Albany County residents under mandatory quarantine decreased to 2,867 from 3,085. So far, 54,341 residents have completed quarantine. Of those, 16,760 had tested positive and recovered. That is an increase of 133 recoveries since Saturday.

There were 18 new hospitalizations overnight, and there are 142 county residents currently hospitalized from the virus. There are still 11 patients in intensive-care units.

Of the state’s 10 regions, the Capital Region, although it has improved its percentage of available hospital beds, to 26 percent, is still tied with the Mohawk Valley for the worst rate.

Currently, 402 Capital Region residents, which is 0.04 percent of the region’s population, are hospitalized with COVID-19.

Statewide, 0.04 percent of New Yorkers are hospitalized with COVID-19, which leaves 33 percent of hospital beds available.

Similarly, although the Capital Region’s percentage of available ICU beds has improved, to 21 percent, the region is tied with Long Island and New York City for the worst rate.

Currently, 204 of the Capital Region’s 240 ICU beds are filled.

Statewide, 26 percent of ICU beds are available.

The Capital Region’s infection rate on Saturday, as a seven-day average, was 5.00 percent. Statewide, the positivity rate was 5.17 percent.

Albany County, as of Saturday, as a seven-day rolling average, had an infection rate of 5.5 percent, according to the state’s dashboard.