Hospitalizations for COVID-19 at mid-march levels
State drops below 800, 3-day death toll also declines
COVID-19 cases in New York state and the Capital Region continued to trend lower Saturday.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced hospitalizations in the state dropped below 800 for the first time since March 18, and the three-day average death toll of 7 is the lowest since March 16.
“Throughout this pandemic, we’ve made progress by recognizing that state and local governments can’t fight the virus on their own — the efforts of everyday New Yorkers to socially distance, wear masks and wash their hands are central to our ability to slow the spread and save lives,” Cuomo said in a prepared statement.
“As we allow ourselves to celebrate some good news — that hospitalizations have dropped below
800 for the first time since March 18 and the threeday average death toll is at its lowest since March 16 — I urge residents to stay New York Tough and not give up the ground we’ve worked so hard to gain together, particularly in the face of rising cases throughout the country and compliance issues here at home,” he added.
Of the 69,203 tests conducted Friday in New York state, 730, or 1.05 percent, were positive. Cuomo also confirmed 730 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 401,029 confirmed cases.
In the Capital Region, Albany County Executive Daniel P. Mccoy said in a statement Saturday that the number of people in Albany County who have tested positive for COVID-19 increased by nine from Friday, but that the overall active cases have declined to 36 from 49 from Friday.
There have been 1,982 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Albany County to date. As well, there are 325 people under mandatory quarantine. The five-day average for new daily positive cases is 6.8, up from 5.8 on Friday. So far, 6,011 individuals have completed quarantine, with 1,946 of them having tested positive and recovered.
On Saturday three people were hospitalized and the hospitalization remains at 0.15 percent. There was one new hospitalization overnight and there are no individuals in the intensive care unit. There have been no new deaths reported since
June 24, keeping the death toll for Albany County at 121 since the pandemic began.
Rensselaer County posted on Facebook Saturday that two new case were confirmed to the Rensselaer County Health Department, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 644, with 40 active cases.
The new cases include a 62-year-old East Greenbush man and a 21-yearold Troy woman.
There are five residents hospitalized for COVID-19, with none in ICU. There are 230 residents in quarantine for monitoring.
There have been 23,907 tests administered, with 302 tests recorded Friday.
The death toll for Rensselaer County stands at 31.
There were no new cases cleared for recovery Saturday, but there have been 573 cases cleared to date.