Rensselaer County sees more COVID-19 cases cleared
» County officials received some encouraging news on Sunday. A third group of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been cleared by the county health department.
With 74 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date, the county health department is able to announce another ten of those cases are now cleared of coronavirus and recovered.
The ten recoveries announced on Sunday follow eight recoveries announced last Thursday and six recoveries announced earlier last week, bringing the total of cases cleared for recovery at 24.
To be cleared from COVID-19, a patient with a confirmedcasemust be symptom-free for at least seven days since onset of illness, have no elevated body temperature for 72 hours, and have not taken medicine to reduce fever for 72 hours.
A new case has been confirmed to the Rensselaer County Health Department, it was announced on Sunday afternoon.
The newcase involves a 57-yearold female from Schodack.
There are 19 confirmed cases now in the hospital. The county health department currently has 279 unconfirmed cases in quarantine. Sadly, one death was announced last Thursday.
“We are obviously very happy to see another ten cases cleared for recovery as we continue to battle the COVID-19 outbreak. We hope this is a good sign and progress,” Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin said on Sunday.
McLaughlin once again urged residents to do their part and follow guidelines set by federal and state officials.
“Residents still need to be cautious, to practice social distancing, stay home as much as possible, wash their hands and stay positive. We need the public to be partners in stopping the spread,” McLaughlin said.
A breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Rensselaer County by municipality and age group is provided:
Troy - 22
East Greenbush - 13 North Greenbush - 11 Brunswick - 8
Hoosick - 3
Schodack - 2 Schaghticoke - 2 Rensselaer – 5 Pittstown – 1 Poestenkill - 1
Sand Lake - 3
Poestenkill - 1 Sand Lake - 3 Nassau - 2 Stephentown - 1 Breakdown by age: Teenagers - 1
20 to 29 yrs - 16
30 to 39 yrs - 12
40 to 49 yrs - 7
50 to 59 yrs - 9
60 to 69 yrs - 12
70 to 79 yrs – 10
80 to 89 yrs - 5
90 and older - 2 County officials also recently established a new email address and a section
on the county website related to COVID-19.
The email address is corona info@ r en s co. com and people can send questions there now. The county will also update its website to have a section under www.rensco.com/ coronainfo with a section of frequently asked questions posted there.
People can also find information posted daily on the county’s Facebook page, which can be found by searching for Rensselaer County and on Twitter @ RenscoExecutive. Residents are also able to ask questions while McLaughlin and other county officials host a Facebook Live chat daily.