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ALBANY Offices, gyms, stadiums and casinos can operate at increased but not full capacity, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
The latest incremental return to normalcy for New York’s public places comes amid continued progress against the COVID-19 pandemic that has infected more than 2 million New Yorkers and killed more than 41,000.
The seven-day positive COVID test rate is down to 2.1% statewide and the number of COVID-positive inpatients at hospitals statewide dropped to 3,174 on Sunday. The last time either number was so low was in November.
Cuomo said continued reopening depends on continued progress.
ALBANY, N.Y. â Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy and Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen once again expressed their concerns regarding the number of people still yet to become vaccinated against COVID-19.
While there s a robust supply of vaccine, the demands in certain segments of the population have alarmingly tailed off. The two discussed the need to shift strategies in order to reach more people with the vaccine.
âWe continue to move closer to herd immunity, but weâre not seeing that progress across the board for all county zip codes. There are some areas with much higher rates: The Slingerlands area has a first dose vaccination rate of nearly 69%, and the Albany and Loudonville areas are at over 66%. However, zip codes with a majority of minority populations and more rural communities have much lower vaccination rates, which is something we need to address,â McCoy stated.
ALBANY, N.Y. â Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy and Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen both addressed the need to expand encouragement efforts to vaccinate people, so that the Capital Region can reach herd immunity and return to a sense of normalcy.
The two noted how vaccinations are starting to plateau and why more outreach is necessary in pushing people in the right direction. To that end, McCoy announced a video challenge on Instagram, imploring people to share their stories on why they became vaccinated against COVID-19 and how vital it is to resuming regular life.
âDespite making more than 1,200 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine available for our Times Union Center POD [Thursday], unfortunately, we were only able to get 319 residents to fill the appointments, including 56 walk-ins. Itâs clear weâre hitting a wall, which is why weâre shifting our resources to more community based pop-up clinics, and weâre also
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ALBANY, N.Y. â Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy discussed the latest information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
The County Executive detailed the county s vaccination progress. He also advocated for the ability of local doctor s offices to receive vaccines doses to vaccinate their patients in a more comfortable and familiar setting.
Thus far in Albany County, 47.3% of the population has received at least the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 33.3% have been fully vaccinated. Comparatively, the statewide first dose vaccination rate is 39.6%, and full vaccination rate is 26.4%.
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As of Friday, Albany County has administered or reallocated 51,046 first and second doses. Plus, the county alone as administered 32,479 doses at the vaccination clinics between the Times Union Center and Albany Capital Center.