Two more COVID-19 deaths in Albany County
ALBANY COUNTY — On Sunday, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy said in a statement, “Today is Super Bowl Sunday and the traditional parties many host at home pose a threat ... spreading the virus.”
He urged, “To protect yourself and others, please do not go to a house party if you don’t live there. We don’t want to see a spike in positive cases as we have after other holidays where people gathered.”
He also announced two more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the county’s toll to 332.
The latest residents to succumb to the virus are a woman in her eighties and a man in his nineties.
McCoy also announced 101 new cases since Saturday — 68 did not have clear sources of infection identified, 30 had close contact with someone infected with the disease, and three are health-care workers or residents of congregate settings.
This brings the county’s total number of confirmed cases to 19,043.
The five-day average for new daily positives has increased to 115.2 from 114.8. There are now 1,107 active cases in the county, up from 1,100 on Saturday.
The number of county residents under mandatory quarantine decreased to 2,109 from 2,223. So far, 57,778 residents have completed quarantine. Of those, 17,936 had tested positive and recovered. That is an increase of 84 recoveries since Saturday.
There were 11 new hospitalizations overnight, and there are 102 county residents currently hospitalized from the virus. There are still 14 patients in intensive-care units.
Of the state’s 10 regions, the Capital Region continues to have the worst rate of available hospital beds and available ICU beds, according to numbers released from the governor’s office on Sunday.
Currently, 329 Capital Region residents are hospitalized with the virus, which is 0.04 percent of the population and leaves 27 percent of the region’s hospital bds available, an improved percentage.
Statewide, 0.04 percent of New Yorkers are hospitalized with COVID-19, leaving 34 percent of the state’s hospital beds available.
Currently, 203 of the Capital Regions 250 ICU beds are filled, leaving 16 percent available.
Statewide, 26 percent of ICU beds are available.
The Capital Region’s infection rate, as of Saturday, as a seven-day average, was 3.51 percent. Statewide, the positivity rate is 4.50 percent.
Albany County, as of Saturday, as a seven-day rolling average, has an infection rate of 4.5 percent, according to the state’s dashboard.
The Capital Region has administered 133,660 of its 177,945 vaccine doses which is 75 percent.
Statewide, 76 percent have been administered.