Coronavirus update, Nov. 19: New cases, hospital stays increase in Stanislaus
Latest facts on COVID-19 testing in Modesto area
Stanislaus County once again had a large increase in COVID-10 cases and in hospital admissions.
The state reported 133 positive tests on Tuesday in Stanislaus, up from 105 the previous day. The numbers far surpass the daily average of 40 that could have prevented this week’s tightening of rules.
Meanwhile, the county reported late Wednesday afternoon an additional 148 positive test results.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered Stanislaus and 40 other counties back to the purple tier. It is the strictest of the four for business and public gatherings.
The positive rate was 13.14% for Tuesday, based on 1,012 tests. The rolling seven-day average was 11.05%, up from 10.93% a day before. The 14-day average was 9.13%, up from 8.76%.
The county’s five hospitals had 108 patients with COVID-19 as of Wednesday, up from 103 on Tuesday. The figure was around 40 for much of fall. The number of available intensive care beds for adults was at nine on Wednesday, versus 13 the previous day.
The county Health Services Agency announced that deaths to the virus remained at 413 on Wednesday. It reported that 19,658 residents have tested positive, 113,623 have tested negative, and 18,166 are presumed recovered.
Of the positive cases through Wednesday:
- 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 7,322 positive cases
- Turlock has 2,795
- Ceres has 2,395
- Patterson has 1,033
- Riverbank has 969
- Oakdale has 500
- Newman has 397
- Waterford has 295
- Hughson has 206
- Supervisorial District 5 has 1,244
- District 3 has 1,106
- District 2 has 931
- District 1 has 439
- District 4 has 154
ZIP Codes (highest per 10,000 residents):
- 95351 (west/south Modesto)
95307 (Ceres)
95328 (Keyes).
- 95358 (west Stanislaus County)
- 95363 (Patterson)
In other nearby counties:
- San Joaquin County has 505 COVID-19-related deaths among 24,335 cases.
- Merced County has 175 deaths among 10,749 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 648 cases and eight deaths.
- Mariposa County has 93 cases and two deaths.
As of Thursday morning, there were 1,066,345 confirmed cases in California and 18,470 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 11,531,451 U.S. cases and 250,548 deaths.
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This story was originally published November 19, 2020 at 5:01 AM.
