Coronavirus update, Nov. 4: Stanislaus reports 403rd death. Case growth worrisome
Latest facts on COVID-19 testing in Modesto area
Stanislaus County once again added more cases Tuesday than officials would like to see. It also reported its 403rd death to the virus.
The 44 new cases exceeded the daily average of 40 that is key to avoiding tighter rules on business and gatherings.
According to the state dashboard, which differs from the county dashboard in that it reports more negative tests, the single-day positivity rate 3.85%. That is based on 44 positive cases out of 1,144 tests. The rolling 14-day positivity rate was 4.74%, slightly lower than the previous 14 days, according to the state.
The county last month advanced out of the state’s purple tier and into the less-restrictive red tier. It has to maintain low rates and per capita numbers in order to stay there or advance to orange.
The state is expected to release new tier ratings on Wednesday, a day late because of the election.
As of Tuesday, the county Health Services Agency said 18,076 residents have tested positive, 105,138 tested negative and 17,268 are presumed recovered.
The number of COVID-19 patients in the five Stanislaus County hospitals was at 56 on Tuesday, down from 62 on Monday. The county had eight intensive care beds available for adults, down from 13.
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Of the positive cases:
- 54% are female
- 46% male
- 7% are 14 years or younger
- 16% are ages 15 to 24
- 21% are 25 to 34,
- 18% are 35 to 44,
- 15% are 45 to 54
- 12% are 55 to 64
- 6% are 65 to 74
- 3% are 75 to 84,
- 2% are 85 or older.
- Though they make up 47 percent of the population, Latinos represented 64 percent of the positive cases.
Geographically:
- Modesto has 6,701 positive cases
- Turlock has 2,441
- Ceres has 2,226
- Patterson has 929
- Riverbank has 892
- Oakdale has 417
- Newman has 369
- Waterford has 276
- Hughson has 185
- Supervisorial District 5 has 1,107
- District 3 has 1,008
- District 2 has 826
- District 1 has 393
- District 4 has 133
In other nearby counties:
- San Joaquin County has 494 COVID-19-related deaths among 22,365 cases.
- Merced County has 160 deaths among 9,819 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 309 cases and six deaths.
- Mariposa County has 81 cases and two deaths.
As of Wednesday morning, there were 946,513 confirmed cases in California and 17,752 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 9,385,506 U.S. cases and 232,638 deaths.
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