After an intense period of suffering, the state has knocked down COVID-19; New Yorkers are now being tested at a rate of a half-million per week, and fewer than 1 percent have been confirmed infected daily through most of August.
The impending start of the school year presents risk for another uptick in infections, he added, though not to the same degree as the height of the pandemic in March and April.
Ellis has admitted COVID patients since March.
Saratoga County public fitness discussed his paintings friday.
The county still has a minimum of 10 people working solely on COVID each day, and the HEOC remains in operation seven days a week, Medick and Murray said.
“The important messages to the public at this time include the fact that COVID remains in our community. It is more important than ever to continue practices of mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing. Avoidance of large gatherings, particularly for our 20-somethings, remains essential to controlling spread.
In the six months following confirmation of the first case of COVID in New York, more than 25,000 New Yorkers died and more than 400,000 others became infected. Here are some main points and dates that show the progression of the virus and its effect in the state of New York and its inhabitants:
Mid-March: Store shelves empty as citizens of the Capital Region collect essentials
March 31: Capital Region hospitals begin accepting COVID-19 patients from overwhelmed hospitals in New York City, the national epicenter of the pandemic
April 12: The state hospital census peaks with 18,825 COVID patients, 5,156 in extensive care; by some metrics, the crisis has culminated in New York State
April 13: New York surpasses 10,000 COVID deaths
April 14: 500,000th COVID test is completed
May 15: CoVID’s lowest-point state regions of activity can begin reopening their economies
July 20: New York City, final area of the state under partial shutdown, enters full reopening, though some restrictions remain, there and statewide
July: Unemployment is estimated at 16 percent statewide, ranging from 10 percent in the Ithaca region to 20 percent in New York City; Capital Region stands at 11.5 percent
The federal Centers for Disease Control has calculated the number of infections per 100,000 residents for each of New York’s counties.
Here are the case rates per 100,000 residents for counties in and near the Capital Region: