Coronavirus update, July 26: Another death from coronavirus in Stanislaus County
Latest facts on COVID-19 testing in Modesto area
Coronavirus deaths in Stanislaus County have reached 87, health officials report.
New numbers were released late Saturday afternoon, and the number of deaths tied to the disease grew by one from 86 the previous day, according to the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency website.
Details were not available on the person who died, nor the date or location of the death.
As of Saturday, 7,861 county residents have tested positive for the virus, up 258 from the 7,603 on Friday. Another 48,083 tested negative, and 6,467 are presumed recovered.
Saturday’s positivity rate of 22.05% was down from Friday’s 32.21%. The infection rate since the county started documenting data was 14.1% on Friday, versus 13.9% on Thursday.
The rolling 14-day rate of infection stood at 24.52% on Saturday, compared with 23.88% the day before. The rolling seven-day rate of infection was 21.86% on Saturday, versus 22.45% on Friday.
The number of hospitalizations of confirmed cases was 207 on Saturday, down from 212 on Friday. Among the five county hospitals, 33% of total beds are available, as are 9% 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 2,749 positive cases, 1012 are in Ceres, 973 are in Turlock, 360 are in Patterson, 336 are in Riverbank,
167 are in Oakdale, 144 are in Waterford, 115 are in Newman, and 79 are in Hughson. Of the cases in unincorporated areas, 508 are in supervisorial District 5, 479 are in District 3, which includes Salida, 308 are in District 2, 146 are in District 1, and 44 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.
None of those counties reported information on Saturday.
As of Sunday morning, there were 446,452 confirmed cases in California and 8,408 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 4,178,730 U.S. cases and 146,143 deaths.
Here is the state tracker.
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