Schenectady County says it is shifting the testing strategy to prevent a large uptick in cases. 

Schenectady County Manager Rory Fluman says just on Monday alone, the county had 63 new cases and positivity rate was 3.1%. 

Now the health department plans to do community testing for one day a week instead of two and then do targeted rapid testing. The goal is to identify any kind of cluster before it spreads into the wider community.

For example, the county would be to test everyone in a workplace after a positive case.

"What it allows us to do is quickly find out if there is additional spread," said Interim Public Health Services Director Keith Brown. "So as we head into this next phase, cases turn into clusters and that can turn into widespread outbreak. And for us, we have a limited capacity to do that if we are doing community testing."

County officials say they are also working to address any issues with local businesses and complaints that are filed. The goal is to keep those businesses open safely.