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ALBANY COUNTY Quarantine for domestic travel won’t be required after April 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday, citing declining COVID-19 infection rates.
Also on Thursday, the state’s labor department announced 29,400 private-sector jobs were added in January, representing 0.4-percent growth, which is faster than the nation’s. At the same time, though, New York’s unemployment rate increased.
On Thursday morning, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy announced 64 new cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday and another death related to the virus: a man in his sixties.
This brings Albany County’s COVID-19 death toll to 362.
Finally, on Thursday evening, President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a televised speech in which he directed states to make all Americans eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy was joined by Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen and New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) Executive Director
ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy provided an update on county coronavirus vaccinations, during his Friday morning press briefing. McCoy detailed a new vaccination clinic for the 65+
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ALBANY New York and most regions of the state continue to show progress in slowing transmission of the COVID-19 virus.
The seven-day average of positive tests statewide has dropped from 7.6% on Jan. 1 to 5.0% on Feb. 1 to 3.1% on March 1.
The Capital Region has shown even greater progress, dropping from 9.8% to 4.7% to 1.9% on the same dates.
Albany Medical Center announced Tuesday that it, Ellis, St. Peter’s and Samaritan hospitals will allow patients to have visitors again starting Monday. Visitation has been very limited amid the high infection rate in the surrounding community, and will resume with some limitations.
ALBANY, N.Y. â The Capital Region is an interconnected place where people cross county lines for work and play alike. Demonstrating how interconnected our communities are, Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin and Schenectady County Manager Rory Fluman, joined Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy, for a joint press briefing Wednesday morning in Albany.
The three discussed their ongoing partnership to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, it was announced that an additional 1,000 Pfizer vaccines will be allocated to each county. Those vaccines will specifically target residents who are 65 and older.
âThe coronavirus doesnât know county lines, and our residents are constantly crossing our borders to go to commute, to shop and now with the Washington Avenue Amory mass vaccination site opening today, to get vaccinated. Thatâs why I fought for these vaccine doses and made sure my fellow county leaders had access. Weâre in this together, and the state