Coronavirus update, July 25: Stanislaus has 7 more deaths. Positivity rate stays high
Latest facts on COVID-19 testing in Modesto area
Stanislaus County announced Friday that seven more residents have died from COVID-19, raising the total to 86.
Thirty-five of the deaths have been reported over the past 11 days by the county Health Services Agency.
Details were not available on the seven people who died, nor the dates or locations of their deaths.
As of Friday, 7,603 county residents have tested positive for the virus, up 202 from Thursday. Another 47,171 tested negative, and 6,270 are presumed recovered.
Friday’s positivity rate of 32.21% was down slightly from Thursday’s 32.62%. The infection rate since the county started documenting data was 13.9% on Friday, versus 13.7% on Thursday.
The rolling 14-day rate of infection stood at 23.88% on Friday, compared with 23.05% the day before. The rolling seven-day rate of infection was 22.45% on Friday, versus 22.40% on Thursday.
The number of hospitalizations of confirmed cases was 212 on Friday, down from 228 on Thursday. Among the five county hospitals, 34% of total beds are available, as are 11% of intensive care unit beds for adults and 67% of ventilators.
Of those who tested positive, 55% are female and 45% male. Fourteen percent are 20 or younger, 20% are 21 to 30, 19% are 31 to 40, 17% are 41 to 50, 14% are 51 to 60, 7% are 61 to 70, 4% are 71 to 80, 4% are 81 to 90, and 2% are older than 90.
Though they make up 47 percent of the population, Latinos represented 73 percent of the positive cases.
Modesto has 2,696 positive cases, 993 are in Ceres, 952 are in Turlock, 352 are in Patterson, 332 are in Riverbank,
163 are in Oakdale, 140 are in Waterford, 113 are in Newman, and 76 are in Hughson. Of the cases in unincorporated areas, 504 are in supervisorial District 5, 473 are in District 3, which includes Salida, 303 are in District 2, 142 are in District 1, and 43 are in District 4.
- San Joaquin County has 110 COVID-19-related deaths among 10,126 cases.
- Merced County has 27 deaths among 3,245 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 126 positive cases and zero deaths.
- Mariposa County has 46 positive cases and one death.
As of Saturday morning, there were 440,185 confirmed cases in California and 8,337 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 4,113,420 U.S. cases and 145,556 deaths.
Here is the state tracker.
Coronavirus a crisis for Latinos in Stanislaus County
Nelson Gomez was among the first in Stanislaus County to suffer serious effects of coronavirus. He survived and now uses his radio station to educate fellow members of the Latino community about COVID-19. Read Ken Carlson’s and Ashley Jimenez’s story.
Contact tracers face backlog
The Stanislaus County Health Agency is still reporting backlogs of coronavirus data as investigators struggle to call all the people who test positive. Read Kristin Lam’s story.
Pandemic worries seniors, Latino adults
More than 80% of senior citizens and Latino adults reported that the coronavirus is their main concern, and more than half of those ages 65 and older and two-thirds of Latinos said the pandemic has made them anxious, stressed or overwhelmed, surveys showed. Read ChrisAnna Mink’s story.
Modesto sixth-grader weighs in
Eleven-year-old Gabriel Alvarez was looking forward to starting sixth grade at Great Valley Academy because he misses his friends. He’s disappointed school will begin with distance learning. Read ChrisAnna Mink’s story.
Ninth Street shelter has positive tests
The Salvation Army is reporting three COVID-19 cases among its homeless shelter clients at its Berberian Center in Modesto. Read Kevin Valine’s story.
Stress on hospital front lines
Dr. Auro Reddy never dreamt of dealing with a contagious disease outbreak of these dimensions when he was admitted to the family practice medicine residency program in Stanislaus County. Read Ken Carlson’s story.
Stanislaus County leaders continue to fall short on messaging
Stanislaus County Supervisor Kristin Olsen ignored a dramatic death toll and zero occupancy in ICU beds to concentrate on nail and hair salons in a video address to the public. Read the Editorial Board’s take.
Lots of questions as distance learning resumes
How will students and teachers be held accountable during distance learning? Will kids have to sit for hours on end in front of their computer screens? How will students and parents know to use the learning devices sent home? Read Deke Farrow’s story.
Turlock man continues to recover from coronavirus
As the coronavirus pandemic has progressed, doctors are learning more about the complexity of symptoms, acute and long-term, caused by the novel coronavirus. A Turlock, California, survivor talks about his recovery. See ChrisAnna Mink’s story.
Around California, United States and world
That extra $600 weekly payment for unemployed workers Congress allocated in March ends on Saturday, and no one knows when at least a portion of that payment may return. Read the story.
How can the state’s public transit authorities woo passengers back to their trains, buses and metro lines in the middle of a pandemic? Read the story.
The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative released on Thursday a set of policy recommendations aimed at policymakers and political leaders to improve opportunities for Latino communities and push them towards a road to an “equitable recovery” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the story.
This story was originally published July 25, 2020 at 6:06 AM.
