ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – It’s been another COVID-19-filled year, with public health and government officials focused on cases, hospitalizations, deaths, and vaccinations. To put this past year into perspective, NEWS10 wanted to look at COVID data from the beginning of the year and what those numbers look like as we fast approach 2022.

Eleven Capital Region counties began with a total of 36,044 positive cases on Jan. 1. The total grew more than four times to 162,443 as of Dec. 28. Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties had 77% (27,595) of the total positive cases in January, which fell slightly to 69% (111,657) in December.

Despite that, Fulton, Warren, and Washington Counties saw cases rise well over what the Capital Region saw as a whole. Washington County’s cases went up nearly 10 times over. Warren County’s cases went up nearly eight times, and Fulton County’s nearly seven times.

COVID deaths weren’t up that much compared to cases; the total rose nearly three times in eight counties. Saratoga County was the exception, though – deaths rose little more than eight times over. from 31 on Jan. 1 to 260 on Dec. 28.

Recovery data has not been available for all 11 counties in the region. Eight counties post the number of recoveries regularly with case information. At the beginning of the year, 24,955 residents in those eight counties had recovered. At the end of the year, 162,443 have recovered.

How New York reports vaccination data has evolved over the year. Because only a two-dose vaccine was available in February, the state reported people who had gotten one dose and people who had gotten both doses. To fast forward, the state now reports the number of people who have gotten one dose and the number of people fully vaccinated.

On Feb. 18, there were 79,622 fully vaccinated residents in 11 Capital Region counties. As of Dec. 28, there were 859,304 fully vaccinated residents in those counties. Statewide, 1.9 million New Yorkers were fully vaccinated on March 9. On Dec. 28, there were 13.8 million.

Check out the Capital Region data used for this story below:

Cases

County	January 1	December 28
Albany	11,784	39,560
Columbia	1,667	7,170
Fulton	1,317	8,858
Greene	1,335	6,081
Montgomery	1,516	8,145
Rensselaer	4,558	21,836
Saratoga	5,603	29,297
Schenectady	5,650	20,964
Schoharie	572	3,306
Warren	1,187	8,967
Washington	855	8,259
Total	36,044	162,443

Deaths

County	January 1	December 28
Albany	226	469
Columbia	49	113
Greene	28	92
Rensselaer	89	229
Saratoga	31	260
Schenectady	80	207
Warren	39	105
Washington	15	70
Total	557	1,545

Recoveries

County	January 1	December 28
Albany	10,054	38,532
Columbia	1,403	6,750
Greene	1,033	5,434
Rensselaer	3,106	20,243
Saratoga	3,235	27,489
Schenectady	4,621	20,245
Warren	847	8,368
Washington	656	7,956
Total	24,955	135,017

Vaccinations

County	February 18	December 28
Albany	21,962	219,640
Columbia	3,303	39,961
Fulton	2,654	26,572
Greene	2,001	27,899
Montgomery	2,739	31,210
Rensselaer	9,486	104,214
Saratoga	15,994	165,869
Schenectady	10,203	117,837
Schoharie	1,215	17,479
Warren	4,691	46,560
Washington	2,628	37,365
Total	79,622	859,304