COVID positive test rates, hospitalization continue to rise in Capital Regoin | The Daily Gazette
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ALBANY — As an FDA panel authorized the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States on Thursday, the pandemic maintained its grip on the Capital Region as on much of the nation:
All of the Capital Region’s large counties now have seven-day positive test rates above 5%, and the smaller neighboring counties in the Mohawk Valley are running as high as 8%.
Hospital census was 23% higher in the Capital Region on Thursday than on the worst day this spring, and 173% higher in the Mohawk Valley.
A new infection cluster was reported at a Capital Region senior living facility — 17 residents and two employees in a single unit of Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs.