Capital Region COVID-19 Tracker for Saturday, Oct. 3, by county

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State COVID-19 Tracker numbers for Capital Region counties as of Saturday afternoon, Oct. 3. Testing data as of midnight Friday night.

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

Schenectady County

• Number tested: 87,360 – 1,135 new (1,540 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 1,425 – 5 new (3 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 0.44 percent (0.19 percent day before)
• Deaths: 46 residents (0 new); 45 place of fatality (0 new)

Saratoga County

• Number tested: 105,409 – 1,172 new (1,421 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 1,090 – 7 new (10 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 0.60 percent (0.70 percent day before)
• Deaths: 15 residents (0 new); 5 place of fatality (0 new)

Albany County

• Number tested: 142,074 – 1,783 new (1,343 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 3,175 – 22 new (20 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 1.23 percent (1.49 percent day before)
• Deaths: 123 residents (0 new); 179 place of fatality (0 new)

Fulton County

• Number tested: 23,938 – 361 new (256 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 345 – 1 new (5 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 0.28 percent (1.95 percent day before)
• Deaths: 28 residents (0 new); 20 place of fatality (0 new)

Montgomery County

• Number tested: 27,365 – 354 new (272 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 237 – 1 new (1 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 0.28 percent (0.37 percent day before)
• Deaths: 9 residents (0 new); 8 place of fatality (0 new)

Schoharie County

• Number tested: 8,880 – 88 new (60 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 86 – 1 new (0 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 1.14 percent (0.0 percent day before)
• Deaths: 2 residents (0 new); 0 place of fatality

Rensselaer County

• Number tested: 66,328 – 1,930 new (1,480 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 937 – 6 new (8 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 0.31 percent (0.54 percent day before)
• Deaths: 42 residents (0 new); 47 place of fatality (0 new)

Warren County

• Number tested: 30,223 – 519 new (278 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 407 – 12 new (4 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 2.31 percent (1.44 percent day before)
• Deaths: 30 residents (0 new); 31 place of fatality (0 new)

Hamilton County

• Number tested: 2,235 – 43 new (10 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 15 – 0 new (0 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 0.0 percent (0.0 percent day before)
• Deaths: 1 resident (0 new); 0 place of fatality

Washington County

• Number tested: 27,390 – 345 new (248 new day before)
• Tested Positive: 307 – 2 new (3 new day before)
• Today’s Percent Positive: 0.58 percent (1.21 percent day before)
• Deaths: 14 residents (0 new); 11 place of fatality (0 new)

New York State

• Number tested: 11,110,291 – 134,267 new
• Tested Positive: 463,360 – 1,731 new
• Today’s Percent Positive: 1.29 percent
• Deaths: 25,505 (8 new)

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

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