Coronavirus Update Aug. 3: Stanislaus County’s infection rate continues move upward
Latest facts on COVID-19 testing in Modesto area
The rate of positive tests in Stanislaus County keeps ticking upward.
Of the 488 results reported on Sunday, 160 came back positive, bringing the 14-day rate of infection to 24.69%, more than three times that of the state’s rate.
The previous 14 days in Stanislaus County, from July 6-19, saw a rate of 18.97%. The seven-day positivity rate stood at 24.91%.
The county’s overall rate since March eclipsed 15% on Sunday, the same day two more deaths were reported, bringing the total to 112.
The county did not list information regarding the two reported on Sunday, including age, gender, hometown or any possible underlying conditions.
It was the second straight seven-day stretch that saw fewer than 5,000 reported results. The last time that occurred was in late June.
Of the 61,157 tests, 51,936 have tested negative. Of those who tested positive (9,221), 87 percent are presumed to have recovered.
There are 222 people with confirmed cases in the county’s five hospitals – up two from Saturday. There are fewer than 4 percent of the adult ICU beds are available, the county reported.
Of those who tested positive, 54% are female, 46% male. Fifteen percent are 20 or younger, 22% are 21 to 30, 19% are 31 to 40, 16% are 41 to 50, 13% are 51 to 60, 7% are 61 to 70, 4% are 71 to 80, 2% are 81 to 90, and 1% are older than 90.
Though they make up 47 percent of the population, Latinos represented 61 percent of the positive cases, according to county data.
On a per capita basis, zip codes covering West/south Modesto, Ceres, Patterson and Salida, respectively, have the highest number of positive cases. In looking at deaths per 100,000 residents, Stanislaus County has the fourth highest (20.33) total among the eight San Joaquin Valley counties, behind Tulare (38.18), Kings (36.61) and San Joaquin (22.04).
Modesto has 3,268 positive cases, 1,177 are in Ceres, 1,127 are in Turlock, 432 are in Patterson, 391 are in Riverbank, 187 are in Oakdale, 158 are in Waterford, 147 are in Newman, and 93 are in Hughson. Of the cases in unincorporated areas, 576 are in supervisorial District 5, 536 are in District 3, which includes Salida, 378 are in District 2, 172 are in District 1, and 47 are in District 4.
- San Joaquin County has 168 COVID-19-related deaths among 11,483 cases.
- Merced County has 50 deaths among 4,285 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 141 cases and two deaths.
- Mariposa County has 57 positive cases and two deaths.
San Joaquin, Merced and Tuolumne counties did not update their data on Saturday.
As of Monday morning, there were 512,175 confirmed cases in California and 9,396 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 4,668,395 U.S. cases and 154,860 deaths.
Here is the state tracker.
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This story was originally published August 3, 2020 at 6:25 AM.
