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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Seven Hundred, Eighty-Seventh Update,
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Seven Hundred, Eighty-Seventh Update,
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 
Albany County’s COVID-19 dashboard reported that there were 228 new positive cases overnight in the County, which raised the County’s COVID-19 cumulative pandemic total to 67,235 positive cases. The County’s seven-day average of new daily positive cases increased from 162.4 to 196.1 cases. The number of County residents in the hospital due to COVID-19 symptoms remained at 34 patients, with one patient in the ICU. The County’s pandemic death toll remained at 551.
State DOH reported that the County’s rate for one vaccine dose as of yesterday was 81.7% of the County’s total population and 89.9% of the adult population, and the County’s rate for full-vaccination was 74.3% of the total population, and for boosters was 71.9% of the eligible population. The State’s rate for one dose was 90.2% for the total population and 95.0% of adults, and the State’s rate for full-vaccination was 76.9% for the total population, and for boosters was 55.5% of the eligible population.
The State’s COVID-19 website reported that yesterday’s results for 66,835 tests Statewide were 6,219 or 8.9% positive, with the seven-day average remaining at 6.8%. The Capital Region had 3,835 tests of which 374 or 9.1% were positive, with the seven-day average decreasing to 10.2%. The County had 1,930 tests of which 120 or 5.4% were positive, with the seven-day average remaining at 8.9%.
State DOH also reported that the State’s positive rate for tests yesterday (8.90%), hospitalizations (2,050, +130), new COVID-19 hospital admissions (302), ICU patients (206, +7), intubations (70, +4), and deaths (13).
The Albany Pine Bush Preserve has two upcoming activities this week, including on Friday, May 6 at 10am, an escorted one-mile hike on an easy sandy trail through pitch pine-scrub oak barrens and pitch pines on Madison Avenue Pineland Trail # 7. More information, including reservations and hike details, is available here. On Saturday, May 7 at 11am, the Preserve is celebrating Mother’s Day by connecting with nature through observation, drawing, and journaling techniques, and an one-half mile hike. More information about reservations and materials is available here.
Thank you for staying safe and calm.
Peter G. Barber
Town Supervisor
The State’s COVID-19 website reported that yesterday’s results for 66,835 tests Statewide were 6,219 or 8.9% positive, with the seven-day average remaining at 6.8%. The Capital Region had 3,835 tests of which 374 or 9.1% were positive, with the seven-day average decreasing to 10.2%. The County had 1,930 tests of which 120 or 5.4% were positive, with the seven-day average remaining at 8.9%.
State DOH also reported that the State’s positive rate for tests yesterday (8.90%), hospitalizations (2,050, +130), new COVID-19 hospital admissions (302), ICU patients (206, +7), intubations (70, +4), and deaths (13).
The Albany Pine Bush Preserve has two upcoming activities this week, including on Friday, May 6 at 10am, an escorted one-mile hike on an easy sandy trail through pitch pine-scrub oak barrens and pitch pines on Madison Avenue Pineland Trail # 7. More information, including reservations and hike details, is available here. On Saturday, May 7 at 11am, the Preserve is celebrating Mother’s Day by connecting with nature through observation, drawing, and journaling techniques, and an one-half mile hike. More information about reservations and materials is available here.
Thank you for staying safe and calm.
Peter G. Barber
Town Supervisor
Address/Location
Town of Guilderland, NY
5209 Western Turnpike
Guilderland, NY 12084
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1