22 more cases in Albany County, as COVID rates increase in the Capital Region

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Albany County is still seeing an increase in COVID positivity rates, even with just over 62% receiving a full vaccination.

On Monday County officials say that there are 22 new cases, however there have been no deaths, leaving the total to 388 since the outbreak began.

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Albany County joins Saratoga, Rensselaer, and Schenectady counties that are also at the substantial level of community transmission. Greene County was at a substantial rate, but has since gone back to moderate.

We are following CDC guidance which recommends that those in counties with substantial or high rates of community transmission have all individuals, vaccinated or not, mask indoors. If the situation changes, we will respond accordingly.”

“Each day, I am encouraged by the increased percentage of fully vaccinated Albany County residents as well as the low number of hospitalizations and no one in our ICU’s,” said County Executive McCoy. “However, the crisis isn’t over which is why Albany County is still under a State of Emergency. We continue to follow the science and evaluate the data in our COVID-19 response. We are following CDC guidance which recommends that those in counties with substantial or high rates of community transmission have all individuals, vaccinated or not, mask indoors. If the situation changes, we will respond accordingly.”

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