Coronavirus update, Nov. 14: Stanislaus slips again on key criteria for reopening
Latest facts on COVID-19 testing in Modesto area
Stanislaus County lost ground again on key criteria for reopening the local economy. The state reported 116 new COVID-19 cases, nearly triple the desired average of 40.
The number suggests that Stanislaus could fall back into the purple tier, the most restrictive of the four in the state rating system. The county has been in red since last month, which eased rules on business and gatherings.
The state, which offers fuller data on the number of total tests, reported that the single-day infection rate was 11.99% on Thursday, based on 967 tests. The seven-day rolling rate was 8.11%, up from 7.66% on Wednesday. The 14-day rate was 6.91%, up from 6.31%, according to the state website.
Hospitalizations of confirmed COVID patients in the five county hospitals were at 77, up from 70 on Thursday and 61 on Wednesday. The number of available adult intensive care unit beds was 13, up from 10.
The Health Services Agency reports that 18,992 residents countywide have tested positive as of Friday. Another 110,548 tested negative, and 17,795 are presumed recovered.
Deaths in the county rose by one to 411 on Friday.
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Of the positive cases through Thursday:
- 54% are female
- 46% male
- 8% are 14 years or younger
- 16% are ages 15 to 24
- 20% 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 7,036 positive cases
- Turlock has 2,673
- Ceres has 2,320
- Patterson has 991
- Riverbank has 937
- Oakdale has 460
- Newman has 381
- Waterford has 288
- Hughson has 197
- Supervisorial District 5 has 1,205
- District 3 has 1,070
- District 2 has 890
- District 1 has 420
- District 4 has 148
In other nearby counties:
- San Joaquin County has 501 COVID-19-related deaths among 23,517 cases.
- Merced County has 169 deaths among 10,374 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 467 cases and eight deaths.
- Mariposa County has 89 cases and two deaths.
As of Saturday morning, there were 1,015,813 confirmed cases in California and 18,218 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 10,745,532 U.S. cases and 244,364 deaths.
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