Capital Region COVID-19 tracker for Sunday, Aug. 16, by county

State COVID-19 Tracker numbers for Capital Region counties as of Sunday afternoon, Aug. 16. Testing data as of midnight Saturday night. 

Sources: New York State Department of Health COVID-19 Tracker / Fatalities by County

Schenectady County

• Number tested: 49,643 – 536 new (647 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 1,119 – 18 new (9 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 3.36 percent (1.39 percent day before)
• Deaths: 41 residents (0 new); 39 place of fatality (0 new)

Saratoga County

• Number tested: 56,348 – 720 new (789 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 792 – 9 new (1 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 1.25 percent (0.13 percent day before)
• Deaths: 15 residents (0 new); 5 place of fatality (0 new)

Albany County

• Number tested: 90,682 – 1,142 new (1,173 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 2,654 – 11 new (3 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 0.96 percent (0.26 percent day before)
• Deaths: 118 residents (0 new); 172 place of fatality (0 new)

Fulton County

• Number tested: 16,001 – 266 new (170 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 303 – 0 new (3 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 0.0 percent (1.76 percent day before)
• Deaths: 28 residents (0 new); 20 place of fatality (0 new)

Montgomery County

• Number tested: 17,690 – 254 new (260 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 187 – 3 new (3 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 1.18 percent (1.15 percent day before)
• Deaths: 4 residents (0 new); 5 place of fatality (0 new)

Schoharie County

• Number tested: 5,516 – 55 new (75 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 69 – 0 new (0 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 0.0 percent (0.0 percent day before)
• Deaths: 2 residents (0 new); 0 place of fatality

Rensselaer County

• Number tested: 39,548 – 637 new (420 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 795 – 6 new (4 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 0.94 percent (0.95 percent day before)
• Deaths: 40 residents (1 new); 44 place of fatality (1 new)

Warren County

• Number tested: 19,319 – 223 new (283 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 312 – 0 new (0 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 0.0 percent (0.0 percent day before)
• Deaths: 30 residents (0 new); 31 place of fatality (0 new)

Hamilton County

• Number tested: 1,540 – 42 new (6 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 11 – 3 new (0 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive – 27.3 percent (0.0 percent day before)
• Deaths: 1 resident (0 new); 0 place of fatality

Washington County

• Number tested: 17,400 – 202 new (242 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 261 – 0 new (1 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive –  0.0 percent (0.41 percent day before)
• Deaths: 14 residents (0 new); 11 place of fatality (0 new)

New York State

• Number tested: 7,068,196 – 77,692 new
• Tested Positive: 425,508 – 607 new
• Today’s Percent Positive – 0.78 percent
• Deaths: 25,250 (6 more than previous day)

Source: New York State Department of Health COVID-19 Tracker / Fatalities by County

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