Coronavirus update July 27: Stanislaus County hits 90 deaths, nears 8,000 positive cases
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Stanislaus County reached 90 deaths and closed in on 8,000 positive cases in the new coronavirus data released on Sunday.
The three deaths bring to 27 the total reported in the last week and 47 for the month of July.
No information has been released about the age, gender or medical state of the victims before their deaths.
County infections grew by 133 on Sunday, bringing the overall total to 7,994. Since Thursday, there have been 1,010 new cases reported.
There were only 288 test results reported on Sunday, with the positives accounting for 46.18% them. It’s the lowest number of results listed since the 270 reported on June 12, when just 18 turned up positive.
The 22.76% 14-day infection rate is more than three times that of the state and the county’s seven-day rate is 24.53, more than 6 percentage points above Merced County’s last reported figure on Friday.
There are 213 confirmed patients in the five county hospitals, up from 207 on Saturday. Nearly 97 percent of the adult intensive care unit beds are being used, the county said Sunday.
The county has generally ranked near the bottom of the state in positive cases and ICU cases per capita, a number not lost on county officials.
Friday night, Kristin Olsen, chairwoman of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, said local hospitals are “stretched very thin” and implored residents to do their part.
“Ultimately, it’s up to each one of us individually to change our behavior and take responsibility for practicing social distancing, frequently washing hands, wearing our face coverings when we’re out in public and limiting the time we’re mixing outside of our households, “ she said on the county’s Facebook video update. “So many people are still participating in large gatherings and this is where we’re seeing significant community spread that ultimately leads to the kinds of hospital numbers we’re seeing today.
“We all want our schools to open again, our businesses to open again. But that’s only going to happen when we can slow the spread enough to reduce the numbers in our health care systems.”
Through Sunday, of the 56,232 who have been tested, 48,238 have tested negative. Of the 7,994 who have tested positive through Sunday, 6,588 are presumed to have recovered.
Of those who tested positive, 55% are female, 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 2,795 positive cases, 1,027 are in Ceres, 989 are in Turlock, 372 are in Patterson, 339 are in Riverbank, 168 are in Oakdale, 144 are in Waterford, 117 are in Newman and 81 are in Hughson. Of the cases in unincorporated areas, 517 are in supervisorial District 5, 481 are in District 3, which includes Salida, 319 are in District 2, 147 are in District 1, and 44 are in District 4.
Through Friday:
- 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 Monday morning, there were 452,288 confirmed cases in California and 8,448 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 4,234,140 U.S. cases and 146,935 deaths.
Here is the state tracker.
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This story was originally published July 27, 2020 at 4:55 AM.
