Capital Region COVID-19 tracker for Saturday, Aug. 8, by county

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State COVID-19 Tracker numbers for Capital Region counties as of Saturday afternoon, Aug. 8. Testing data as of midnight Friday night. 

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

Schenectady County

• Number tested: 45,509 – 352 new (662 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 1,058 – 3 new (5 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.9 percent
• Deaths: 40 residents (0 new); 38 place of fatality (0 new)

Saratoga County

• Number tested: 50,794 – 506 new (826 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 755 – 3 new (5 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.6 percent
• Deaths: 15 residents (0 new); 5 place of fatality (0 new)

Albany County

• Number tested: 81,986 – 946 new (757 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 2,581 – 8 new (8 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.8 percent
• Deaths: 116 residents (0 new); 170 place of fatality (0 new)

Fulton County

• Number tested: 14,513 – 213 new (217 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 295 – 2 new (2 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.9 percent
• Deaths: 28 residents (0 new); 20 place of fatality (0 new)

Montgomery County

• Number tested: 16,183 – 202 new (339 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 172 – 2 new (1 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 1.0 percent
• Deaths: 4 residents (0 new); 5 place of fatality (0 new)

Schoharie County

• Number tested: 4,999 – 65 new (42 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 69 – 0 new (0 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.0 percent
• Deaths: 2 residents (0 new); 0 place of fatality

Rensselaer County

• Number tested: 35,601 – 241 new (371 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 761 – 2 new (1 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.8 percent
• Deaths: 36 residents (1 new); 40 place of fatality (1 new)

Warren County

• Number tested: 17,470 – 150 new (270 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 308 – 1 new (3 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.7 percent
• Deaths: 30 residents (0 new); 31 place of fatality (0 new)

Hamilton County

• Number tested: 1,414 – 7 new (7 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 8 – 0 new (0 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0 percent
• Deaths: 1 resident (0 new); 0 place of fatality

Washington County

• Number tested: 15,921 – 84 new (260 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 257 – 1 new (0 new day before)
• *Today’s* Percent Positive –  0.1 percent
• Deaths: 14 residents (0 new); 11 place of fatality (0 new)

New York State

• Number tested: 6,443,832 – 74,857 new
• Tested Positive: 420,345 – 703 new
• *Today’s* Percent Positive – 0.9 percent
• Deaths: 25,195 (5 more over previous day’s number)

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

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