Hunger a constant as region braces for dark winter | The Daily Gazette
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Joanna Smith had been waiting for 45 minutes with a bundled-up grandchild in the backseat.
Smith, who is on disability and is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, said the operation run by Catholic Charities plays a critical role in feeding her grandkids.
“They give you a reason to get up,” Smith said.
Amid a renewed winter surge of the coronavirus, the Capital Region is facing the highest numbers of infections since the onset of the pandemic in March: Albany County is consistently smashing infection and hospitalization records while Saratoga County acknowledged the 145 percent increase in cases within the past two weeks has overwhelmed its contact-tracing process.