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Total COVID-19 cases:

• 223,231 in New York state, including 14,776 deaths. 526,012 total tested.

• 654,301 in the U.S., including 31,628 deaths. 53,697 recovered. 3,262,921 total tested.

• 2,134,465 worldwide, including 142,148 deaths. 540,656 recovered.

Note: The number of positive confirmed cases is cumulative and includes people who have recovered as well as those who died.

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Thursday's coronavirus updates:

3:59 p.m. Another person has died of coronavirus in Schenectady County

County officials said the victim was a man over 60. He is the 13th person to die of the virus.

The county says 279 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the county and 27 are currently hospitalized.

There are 612 people in quarantine and 160 in isolation. The county says 83 people have recovered.

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3 p.m. Nine residents at Albany County's nursing home test positive.

The county said three members of the staff at the Colonie facility known as Shaker Place were diagnosed with the virus and one has returned to work.

The county released the numbers Thursday afternoon, revealing that resident at three other nursing homes in the county where patients tested positive.

The county says nine patients and nine staff members tested positive at Our Lady of Mercy in Guilderland. Two residents at The Grand nursing home in Guilderland tested positive and one residents and one member of the staff tested positive at the Hudson Park Nursing Home in Albany.

The county did not say if any of the residents or staff died.

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12:16 p.m.: Cuomo says New York stay-at-home will be extended to May 15

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday said that New York's stay-at-home measures, including closing businesses and schools, will remain in place through at least May 15. The continued shutdown will be done in coordination with other northeast states.

The rate of hospitalizations from COVID-19, including those on ventilators and in intensive care units, is continuing to decline in New York, Cuomo said.

The data cited by the governor at his daily briefing indicates New York may have crossed the apex of the pandemic several days ago, although deaths remain high, with the state reporting 606 fatalities on Wednesday associated with the infectious disease. Read more

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11:15 a.m.: Coronavirus cases rise to 563 in Albany County

County Executive Dan McCoy tells reporters there are currently 668 people in mandatory quarantine and 66 precautionary quarantine. 32 people hospitalized.

The county's death toll remained at 20.

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11:10 a.m.: Mohawk Hudson Humane Society receives 35,000 pounds of pet food

GreaterGood.org with other companies donated the pet food to deal with coronavirus impacts on feeding pets. Mohawk Hudson is working with the Albany County Sheriff's Office to distribute the pet food through local food pantries and other organizations. Golub Corp. provided a trailer for temporary storage for the supplies.

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7:20 a.m.: Siena basketball's Matt Gras dies of complications from COVID-19

Geoff Walker remembers the way it was in the locker room of the Siena College basketball team.

It was 1994 and Walker was a talkative freshman. One of his teammates, 6-foot-10 junior center Matt Gras, was having none of that.

"His locker was across from me and he said to me, 'Hey, freshman: Shut up!" Walker said. "That was Matt's way of welcoming me."

Walker laughed at the memory as he talked by phone Wednesday afternoon from Los Angeles where he is the co-founder of the Collective Sports & Entertainment Management Group. There was humor as he thought about Gras, but also sadness.

Gras died early Wednesday morning in Connecticut from complications from COVID-19. Gras, who had a long battle with cerebellar ataxia (inability to coordinate balance, gait, extremity and eye movements), was 46.

"Matt looked out for me like a big brother," Walker said. "He was just a big teddy bear."

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6:33 a.m.: Churchill: Why do we believe conspiracy theories?

Times Union columnist Chris Churchill says conspiracy theories about the coronavirus are flourishing and the consequences are real.

"Take a spin around the Internet and you might 'learn' that the coronavirus is a plot hatched by Bill Gates to benefit pharmaceutical companies.

"Or you might be told that the pandemic is part of a “deep state” effort to undermine President Trump. Or that the sickness is spread by 5G wireless technology.

"It’s all ridiculous, really." Read more

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6:31 a.m.: Rensselaer and Albany counties sort out COVID-19 issues

Rensselaer County officials were angered when they found out Tuesday night that they weren’t immediately told that five people who work in the county – including at least two at a coronavirus hotspot and another who works at one of the county’s busiest stores – but live in Albany County where they tested positive for COVID-19 until long after the results came back.

Two of the five people work at Diamond Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation in Schaghticoke, where three residents have died from COVID-19, county sources said. The third person is an assistant manager at the busy Walmart on Route 4, where a cashier who lives in Rensselaer County also tested positive. It was not immediately known where the other two individuals work. Read more

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6:25 a.m. Food supply chain struggles with COVID-19's impact

Grocers are facing challenges to their supply lines and changes in shoppers' tastes as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

When Smithfield Foods closed its massive South Dakota pork processing plant on Sunday following an outbreak of COVID-19 illness, the company's CEO warned of the impact this and other recent plant closings might have on the nation's food supply chain.

At least 10 meat processing plants, including three over the border in Canada, have closed because of the virus, according to Reuters.

'The closure of this facility, combined with a growing list of other protein plants that have shuttered across our industry, is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of our meat supply," said Kenneth M. Sullivan, Smithfield's president and CEO. "It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running." Read more

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Wednesday: Albany police officer tests positive

The Albany Police Department received information that an officer tested positive for COVID-19. Due to his assignment, the officer has had limited to no contact with other personnel at the department and no contact with any members of the public.The officer is not experiencing any symptoms and is currently quarantined at home, according to the city. The officer is also being monitored by the Department of Health.

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Wednesday: New cases at Schaghticoke nursing home

Rensselaer County officials reported Wednesday that two more residents of the Diamond Hill nursing home in Schaghticoke have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the home's known infections among residents and staff to nine. Three residents from the home have died as a result of the illness.

Countywide, there have been 146 confirmed cases of COVID-19 to date, up from 140 reported Tuesday. Fifty-eight residents have recovered from the illness. Six, including the Diamond Hill residents, have died. As of Wednesday, nine residents were hospitalized, with four in intensive care.

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Wednesday: Warren County announces 3rd death

The individual was a resident of the southern part of the county, and had been hospitalized for an extended period of time. The county said it would not be releasing further information about the death. Confirmed cases of the virus in the county rose to 73 on Wednesday, up from 62 reported a day earlier. Two residents are currently hospitalized with the virus. Fifty-two have recovered.

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Wednesday: 7th death at Columbia County nursing home

It's the 10th known death from the virus in the county to date. County Public Health Director Jack Mabb said 26 residents of the home have now tested positive for the virus.

The county provided no other details about the death. It said Wednesday that 100 residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus so far, up from 97 reported Tuesday. An additional six residents are suspected to have it. Ten are hospitalized, with three in intensive care. Forty-two residents have recovered.

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Wednesday: Schenectady County: 249 cases to date

That figure is unchanged from Tuesday, as is the county's known death toll, which stands at 12. Thirty people are currently hospitalized in the county with COVID-19, though that count includes people from outside the county. Eighty-two residents have recovered.

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