Following a months long surge driven by the delta variant, new daily cases of COVID-19 are falling once again in the United States. To date, there have been 44,940,700 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area, located in New York, a total of 84,678 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,617 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 13,736 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though Albany-Schenectady-Troy has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be higher risk than others.
The broader Albany metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Schenectady County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 16,673 infections in Schenectady County, or 10,765 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Schenectady County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Albany area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 147 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Schenectady County, compared to 114 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 22, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schenectady County, NY | 10,765 | 16,673 | 147 | 227 |
| 2 | Albany County, NY | 10,006 | 30,760 | 127 | 389 |
| 3 | Rensselaer County, NY | 9,259 | 14,761 | 105 | 167 |
| 4 | Saratoga County, NY | 8,882 | 20,195 | 88 | 199 |
| 5 | Schoharie County, NY | 7,298 | 2,289 | 67 | 21 |
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