Albany County finds new COVID cases

Rensselaer County issues advisory over UPS store worker’s positive case

Albany County said Saturday it saw 23 new coronavirus cases on Friday.

Among those, 19 had close contact with positive cases, one is a health care worker or resident of a congregate setting, one reported out-of-state travel and two did not have a clear source of transmission, County Executive Dan Mccoy's daily update said. Separately, 13 of the reported positives are associated with the University at Albany.

Total confirmed cases are now 3,032 countywide.

The overall case count will fluctuate as the Commcare records for college students are transferred to the county in which they are isolating for their daily monitoring and then transferred back to Albany County for the final case count.

There are currently four people hospitalized because of the virus. The county’s death toll remains at 135 since the outbreak began.

Rensselaer County reported six new cases and three hospitalizations, including one in intensive care.

The county also issued an advisory after a case was confirmed involving an employee of the UPS Store at 279 Troy Road, North Greenbush, a 22-year-old Troy woman. Visitors to the store on Monday, Sept. 28 and Tuesday, Sept. 29, each day from 2 to 7 p.m., are asked to monitor symptoms. Those showing symptoms are asked to get tested immediately.

The new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases to 968. There are now 40 active cases in the county.

Warren County Health Services reported one new case as of Saturday morning, involving a person who had been in a Queensbury Union Free

School District building during the past week.

The school district posted a statement on its website Saturday morning about this situation, which details a decision to move to remote learning for all of next week. The source of the person's infection remains under investigation.

Warren County Health Services staff are monitoring 23 active COVID-19 cases as of Saturday, all with mild illness. None are hospitalized.

Statewide numbers

New York continues to track clusters with a particular focus on areas where there are hot spot, cluster situations, the governor's office said Saturday. Within the top 20 ZIP codes in counties with recent outbreaks — Kings, Queens, Orange, and Rockland — the average rate of positive tests is 5.2 percent.

The rate of positive tests for the rest of the state is 1.01 percent. The 20 ZIP codes contained 26 percent of all positive cases in the state Friday, but represent only 6.7 percent of the state's population.

There were six deaths from COVID-19 statewide Friday, bringing the total to 25,505.