The number of COVID-19 cases remains relatively high in the Hudson Valley, but the numbers have fallen from the heights of recent weeks. In Columbia County, for instance, there were only 70 cases announced on Jan. 24. Greene County only had 19 new COVID-19 cases announced on Jan. 23. Ulster County officials reported four more deaths from coronavirus on Jan. 24. But county officials also reported a steady decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases. On Jan. 20 Ulster County had 7,150 cases. By Jan. 23 there were 6,777 cases there. Numbers are also trending down in Albany County where there were 307 new positive coronavirus cases announced Jan. 25. “I’m happy there are no new COVID-19 deaths to report today, and while average daily infections continue to come down in Albany County, the number of residents in ICUs with the virus has shot up to 16 from nine in just the last 24 hours,” said Albany County Executive Dan McCoy.