ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the Capital Region can begin reopening on Wednesday. The region's reopening team is training more than 400 people who will serve as "tracers" and help identify people who may have had contact with a person infected with COVID-19. "So that's great news," Cuomo said during his daily coronavirus task force briefing on Long Island. "They're now being trained … {Read more...}

Columbia County Department of Health Update As of 3 PM on May 18, 2020: -Unfortunately, Columbia County has had a 27th resident that has passed away from COVID-19. -345 positive cases of COVID-19 -160 of the 345 cases have recovered from COVID-19 - 16 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 2 of those hospitalized are in the ICU -We have received 3,167 test results completed for Columbia … {Read more...}

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Columbia County Department of Health Update As of 2 PM on May 17, 2020: -Columbia County has had 26 residents that have passed away from COVID-19. -344 positive cases of COVID-19 -156 of the 344 cases have recovered from COVID-19 - 17 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 1 of those hospitalized are in the ICU -We have received 3,111 test results completed for Columbia County … {Read more...}

Columbia County Department of Health Update As of 1 PM on May 16, 2020: -We are sad to report Columbia County has had a 26th person pass away from COVID-19. -340 positive cases of COVID-19 -152 of the 340 cases have recovered from COVID-19 - 17 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 2 of those hospitalized are in the ICU -We have received 3,009 test results completed for Columbia County … {Read more...}