ALBANY — Five new coronavirus deaths were reported overnight in Albany County, a dramatic increase in cases that officials said was caused by previously unreported virus deaths.
County Executive Dan McCoy said the deaths occurred at a nursing home in the county and were previously unreported. The victims included a woman in her 50s, two men and a woman in their 80s and a man in his 90s.
It brings the county's death toll to 358 people. The county also saw four more hospitalizations overnight. There are 41 county residents in local hospitals, with five in intensive care.
The county also added 59 new cases of the coronavirus overnight. Of those, 39 did not have a clear source of transmission, 15 had close contact with other cases, four are health care workers and one person reported travel out of state.
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McCoy was joined by Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin and Schenectady County Manager Rory Fluman who announced an effort to bring more vaccinations their respective counties. The plan would result in 1,000 extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine each week for the three counties. Those doses are aimed at reaching residents over the age of 65.
McCoy said the increase came out of conversations with the state in which they advocated for more doses for the region.
"We have residents that go from one county to the next," he said. "Every shot we get into someone's arm in any county benefits us all here in the Capital Region."
The three men said the extra doses will go toward setting up additional vaccination sites and other vaccine drives, such as homebound residents.
Albany County believes it will be able to vaccinate 2,000 older residents at its clinic this Saturday at the Times Union Center. It will also administer 1,600 first doses and 900 second doses at a clinic Thursday night.
As the additional vaccine shipments arrive, the state should expand its eligibility requirements, McLaughlin said.
"Hopefully we're moving to a place where anybody that wants a shot can get a shot," he said. "I think that day is coming."
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