Coronavirus update, April 7: Stanislaus mulls business grants; latest county totals
Here is the latest on the coronavirus pandemic as it relates to Stanislaus County:
Latest facts on COVID-19 tests in Modesto area
Stanislaus County reported Monday afternoon that 81 people have tested positive for the virus and 1,666 tested negative. Twenty-nine of the positive cases were hospitalized. Deaths remain at zero.
Of those who tested positive, 43 are female and 38 male. Two are 17 or younger, 37 are between 18 and 49, 25 are between 50 and 64, and 17 are 65 or older.
Modesto has 33 of the positive cases, 15 are in unincorporated areas, eight are in Ceres, eight are in Patterson, five are in Waterford, four are in Turlock and three are in Riverbank. The other cases were not reported by city because of medical privacy rules regarding smaller cities.
- San Joaquin County has 11 COVID-19-related deaths among 212 cases.
- Merced County is at 29 cases, with one death. Of those who tested positive, 15 are male and 14 female. One is 17 or younger, 20 are between 18 and 49, five are between 50 and 64, and three are 65 or older. Eighteen are on the east side of the county, 11 on the west side.
- Tuolumne County has two cases and no deaths.
- Mariposa County still has no cases.
As of Tuesday morning, there were 16,363 confirmed cases in California and 387 deaths, according to the Los Angeles Times. There were 366,238 U.S. cases and 10,959 deaths, according to the New York Times.
Here is the state tracker.
Stanislaus eyes $1 million for small businesses
Stanislaus County leaders are proposing to put $1 million in a relief program for small businesses that are struggling during the coronavirus epidemic. The county Board of Supervisors will consider the idea Tuesday morning. Read Ken Carlson’s story.
Thoughts on socially distant dating
Jim Glynn of Modesto reflects on dating during a time of social distancing in a guest opinion for The Bee. “Even taking a walk loses its charm when you have to keep two Toyotas between you,” the retired sociology professor writes.
Modesto council limits meetings
Modesto is barring the public from attending City Council meetings in person as part of helping stop the spread of COVID-19 but is providing them with other ways to participate. Read Kevin Valine’s story.
Around the San Joaquin Valley, California, the world
- As experts are cautioning people nationwide to be particularly careful in the next few weeks in the fight against the novel coronavirus, there are indications that California’s swift action to curtail it is working. Peak day for California is estimated to be April 14, according to widely cited projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a global health research center at the University of Washington. On that day, the state is expected to have 4,869 people hospitalized with the virus. That is a dramatic drop from two weeks ago: On March 27, the same center predicted the state’s peak to hit April 24, with a total of more than 15,000 people hospitalized. See The Bee’s story.
- California’s intensive care hospital beds are filling up with COVID-19 cases. About 1,085 confirmed and 575 suspected COVID-19 patients were under treatment in California’s ICUs on Sunday, according to the latest figures from the California Department of Public Health. Read The Bee’s story.
- As experts are cautioning people nationwide to be particularly careful in the next few weeks in the fight against the novel coronavirus, there are indications that California’s swift action to curtail it is working.
- California is poised to close the spring sportfishing season in some counties in response to worries that anglers will spread COVID-19 to rural communities.
- Sacramento’s shuttered Sleep Train Arena will reopen in two weeks as an emergency field hospital, the latest in a series of coronavirus crisis care centers under construction around California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent the night in the intensive care unit of a London hospital with the new coronavirus, but is not on a ventilator, a senior government minister said Tuesday, as pressure grew on the government to release more details of Johnson’s condition. See the story.
This story was originally published April 7, 2020 at 4:28 AM.
