McCoy: 75.4% of Albany County residents have 1st vaccine dose

WNYT Staff

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Albany County Executive Dan McCoy says 75.4% of Albany County residents have at least their first dose of the COVID vaccine. McCoy says 67% are fully vaccinated.

There are 75 new positive cases since Sunday, and six new hospitalizations, for a total of 53 people in the hospital. Sadly, a woman in her 90s died.

Schenectady County also reports the death of a woman in her 80s from the virus.

In this Jan. 31, 2021, file photo, pharmacist Diana Swiga fills a dead volume syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at the Bronx River Houses Community Center, in the Bronx borough of New York.[AP Photo / Mary Altaffer, File]