Health officials across the Capital Region are monitoring COVID rates for a potential post-holiday surge.
In Albany County, they are continuing to see elevated levels as triple digit cases were reported for the third straight day. The county announced 128 new cases Friday.
The seven day average positivity rate is now at an even 5%, which is lower than the rate for the Capital Region as a whole. The region currently has a nearly 7% average positivity rate.
Three more people have been admitted to the hospital and four new patients are now receiving care in an ICU.
No new deaths were reported.
County Executive Dan McCoy says the emergence of the new omicron variant underscores the need for everyone to stay vigilant as well as wear masks indoors, and get vaccinated.
