Update, March 23: Positive coronavirus tests in Stanislaus at 8; wine, beer industry impacts
The Stanislaus County Health Services Agency updated its website Sunday afternoon to report the sixth, seventh and eighth cases of people testing positive for the novel coronavirus COVID-19. A text from a spokesman said no further information on the patients, including age and gender, was immediately available.
There have been no coronavirus-related deaths in Stanislaus County, the HSA said.
According to the San Joaquin County website on Sunday, there are 34 confirmed cases there, and two deaths.
A news release from Merced County on Saturday said it has no confirmed cases. Thirty-five people have been tested, with 23 testing negative and results pending on the other 12.
Tuolumne County Public Health posted on Facebook on Saturday that it, too, has no confirmed cases. Seventy-eight people have been tested, with 63 testing negative and results pending on 15.
It noted that the numbers include only those routed through Public Health to its laboratory, not any routed through a commercial laboratory.
In its update Sunday, the California Department of Public Health said there have been 1,468 cases of COVID-19 in the state, and 27 deaths.
Of the positive cases, 1,066 are among people ages 18 to 64. In the population 65 and older, there have been 369 cases. Among ages 17 and younger, there have been 23 cases. And in 10 cases, age is listed as unknown.
For Stanislaus County updates, check www.schsa.org/PublicHealth/pages/corona-virus.
Crosspoint offering donation spot for supplies
CrossPoint Community Church is calling for donations to help Stanislaus County health care teams cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Three times this week, starting Tuesday afternoon, the downtown Modesto church at 11th and Needham streets will have a drive-up, drop-off donation spot in its back parking lot.
The Bee also has compiled a list of places and organizations to contact if you’re looking for services or looking to donate. Click here.
What’s essential in Modesto? What’s not
Thousands of people can still work at Modesto-area food and beverage plants despite Thursday’s stay-home order from the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom exempted “essential” businesses from his edict aimed at controlling the coronavirus. They include farms and ranches, along with dairy and poultry plants, nut processors, canneries and other workplaces that turn the raw goods into consumer products.
Update on Vintage Faire Mall
The doors were locked and barricades were up Sunday at Vintage Faire Mall, Stanislaus County’s largest indoor shopping center. The action comes in the wake of the statewide stay-at-home order issued because of the coronavirus crisis. As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to close restaurants, retailers and other businesses across the Central Valley, the Modesto mall was still allowing people to enter the facility as recently as Saturday. But inside the vast majority of the stores were closed. Those include major national brands like Macy’s, J.C. Penney, Apple, Sephora, H&M, Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister Co. and Footlocker, which have shuttered all retail locations across the county due to coronavirus.
Modesto med student talks about motivation
Coronavirus strikes fear into everyone, including Reyoot Berry, a first-year UCSF medical student. But the compassionate example of her mother, a Modesto nurse, gives her courage to carry on. Click here for her story.
Around the San Joaquin Valley
The mom of former Fresno State football standout Travis Brown wants the public to know to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) seriously. Mindy Brown revealed on Facebook on Sunday that her son is the fourth person in Fresno County to test positive for the coronavirus. County health officials say there have been six total.
A second member of the Faith Presbyterian Church in Sacramento has died from coronavirus, church officials confirmed Sunday. Pastor Jeff Chapman told church members during an online worship service Sunday that Don Sperling, 85, died Saturday.
This story was originally published March 22, 2020 at 1:30 PM with the headline "Update, March 23: Positive coronavirus tests in Stanislaus at 8; wine, beer industry impacts."
