Albany County confirms 73 new positive COVID-19 cases overnight

WNYT Staff
Created: February 20, 2021 11:24 AM

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy announced Saturday an increase of 73 new positive coronavirus cases overnight. The total of cases now 19,935.

Among the new cases, 19 had close contact with positive cases, 47 did not have clear sources of infection at this time, and seven are healthcare workers or residents of congregate settings. There are now 592 active cases in the county, up from 584 yesterday.

There were no new COVID-related deaths to report. The county’s death toll stands at 345 since the outbreak began.

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ALBANY, NY (WRGB) - New York schools have been given the go ahead to open in the fall.

"They are all authorized to open," Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a conference call Friday.

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Districts have been planning for months on how to adapt to new safety guidelines. That includes classroom learning, virtual learning, health screenings, as well as transportation on school buses.

“If any state can do it, this state can do it because we’ve been smart since day one,” Cuomo said. “We can bring the same level of intelligence that we brought to the economic reopening.”

For the districts that have submitted plans, Cuomo said they will be asked to more specifically address three elements of their plans: remote learning, COVID-19 testing for both students and teachers, and contact tracing. Those expanded plans will be submitted to the state and posted on the district websites.

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Upstate regions won't move to Phase 2 of reopening Friday

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Mohawk Valley, North Country believed they could move forward

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ALBANY – In an 11th-hour decision, the state advised local officials Thursday evening that five regions of upstate New York would not be eligible to move into the second phase of reopening on Friday, angering local leaders who had planned on such a move for days.

As confusion has surrounded the reopening process across the state, the upstate regions that have been in Phase 1 of reopening since May 15 had looked forward to opening hair salons, retail stores, real estate businesses and other services on Friday. But as of Thursday afternoon, the five regions that would be eligible to move forward had not received firm instruction from the state about the rules and regulations for the second phase — or even confirmation that they could move into Phase 2 as planned.
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Nurse says staff members don’t feel safe at The Grand at Barnwell

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Cuomo reopening Albany region

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced more reopening measures Tuesday, including a loosening of coronavirus restrictions with regard to hospital visitors and allowing small Memorial Day gatherings of up to 10 people as he said Albany can also start getting back to normal.

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More than half of Barnwell residents have virus

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HUDSON—The number of positive Covid-19 cases among residents of The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Barnwell, 3230 Church Street, Valatie jumped to 112 Wednesday, May 6, up from 70 just yesterday.

Columbia County Department of Health (DOH) Director Jack Mabb reported in the May 6 county-issued Covid-19 update press release that an additional 42 Barnwell residents have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of infected residents to 112 out of 216. More than half the nursing home residents are currently in the positive category, with more than 20 staff also having tested positive.

All residents and staff are being tested. The State Department of Health sent a team to assist with that process.

“The state has complete authority over all nursing homes,” said Director Mabb in response to recent inquiries regarding what authority the county DOH might have. “We help out where we can because they’re part of our county, but we have no authority over them,” Mr. Mabb said in the release.

Perfect Ten makes 1,500 masks to give away

HUDSON – Since the beginning of April, Perfect Ten Afterschool Program’s team of three has made more than 1,500 cloth face masks and distributed them for free across the county. The sewing operation continues to meet the ongoing demand.

“We started making masks for the girls and their families, but within days we were fielding requests from other organizations as well as hundreds of individuals,” said Perfect Ten Director Tina Dipper in a press release. From the start, we wanted to offer them free of charge because we are committed to helping the Hudson community.

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