Rensselaer County coronavirus update

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Posted: Apr 17, 2020 / 05:29 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 17, 2020 / 05:29 PM EDT

RENSSELAER COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Officials said Friday that there have been 174 accumulative positive cases in the county since testing began. Of those 174 cases, 64 people have been cleared of the virus.

There are 14 people being treated in the hospital, three of those cases are in the ICU. There have been six COVID-19 related deaths in the county.

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