Albany area, hit hard early in COVID pandemic, gets mass vaccination site AP member exchange article from the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Adrienne Underwood, The Ledger-Enquirer Updated: Tags: U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Warren Lowry, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia National Guard, at a COVID-19 testing site in Albany. (File photo by U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons) ALBANY, Ga. – At one point early last spring, Albany was outpacing all but three cities across the United States for coronavirus infections per capita. Now, the south Georgia city is home to one of four state-supported mass vaccination sites.