Coronavirus update May 24; Vintage Faire Mall reopens, Denair has drive-thru graduation
Here is the latest on the coronavirus outbreak from in and around Modesto and Stanislaus County.
Latest facts on COVID-10 testing in Modesto area
Deaths in Stanislaus County remained at 28 as of Saturday. A total of 629 people in the county have tested positive for the virus. Another 10,465 tested negative. The number of people hospitalized at some point is at 111, and 505 are presumed to be recovered.
The positivity rate is at 5.7%, the same as the day before.
Among the five county hospitals, 51% of total beds are available, 45% of intensive care unit beds are available, and 84% of ventilators are available.
Of those who tested positive, 54% are female and 46% male. Eight percent are 20 or younger, 15% are 21 to 30, 15% are 31 to 40, 18% are 41 to 50, 16% are 51 to 60, 10% are 61 to 70, 8% are 71 to 80, 8% are 81 to 90, and 3% are older than 90.
Turlock has 187 positive cases, 164 are in Modesto, 79 are in Ceres, 48 are in Patterson, 14 are in Riverbank, 13 are in Newman, 13 are in Waterford, nine are in Oakdale, and seven are in Hughson. Of the cases in unincorporated areas, 32 are in supervisorial District 5, 25 in District 3, 22 in District 2, seven in District 1 and fewer than five in District 4.
- San Joaquin County has 33 COVID-19-related deaths among 752 cases.
- Merced County has 251 positive cases and six deaths.
- Tuolumne County has three positive cases and zero deaths.
- Mariposa County has 15 positive cases and one death.
As of Friday evening, there were 3,738 deaths in California, according to the Johns Hopkins University. There were 1,622,990 U.S. cases and 96,046 deaths.
Here is the state tracker.
Vintage Faire Mall reopens
Vintage Faire Mall began reopening Friday, after nine weeks of being closed and locked to the public due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The north Modesto shopping complex has been shuttered except for its exterior restaurants and LensCrafters by appointment since March 22 due the statewide stay-at-home order.
Vintage Faire Mall management sent out a press release announcing the mall’s reopening Friday afternoon. The common areas will be accessible from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The center will be open on Memorial Day as well.
Drive-through graduation in Denair
Denair High School - and the community - celebrated the class of 2020 with a drive-through graduation on Friday night.
Because of social distancing due to the coronavirus the students stayed in their cars with family members during the ceremony and received their diplomas in a drive-through procession in the football stadium.
2,000 protest in at Capitol in Sacramento
At least 2,000 demonstrators went to the Capitol on Saturday to march around the grounds, feast on barbecue and demand that Gov. Gavin Newsom lift his restrictions on business, religious gatherings and other trappings of everyday life.
The demonstration, dubbed Liberty Fest, was a cross between a tailgate party, music festival and political statement. Organizers said it would be country’s largest Memorial Day weekend protest against coronavirus stay-at-home orders.
This story was originally published May 24, 2020 at 6:59 AM.
