Coronavirus update Nov. 23: Stanislaus County sees another big jump in positive cases
Latest facts on COVID-19 testing in Modesto area
Stanislaus County reported 226 new positive COVID-19 tests on Sunday, the largest single-day number in months.
The state reported 222 positive tests in the county Saturday, up sharply from 127 the previous day. The numbers should average 40 or less to make progress on reopening the local economy.
On Saturday, the county’s positivity rate was 12.24 percent. The seven-day rolling positivity rate was 11.15 percent, up from 10.87 percent the day before. The 14-day rolling rate was 10.44, up from 10.13 the previous day. The state requires a positivity rate of under 8 percent to advance to the next less restrictive tier in its system.
A total of 147 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected cases of the virus in Stanislaus County, up from 133 the day before. Thirteen intensive care beds were available at the county’s hospitals, up from seven the day before.
The county did not update its demographic breakdowns of the positive tests. The figures as of 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
In other nearby counties as of Friday:
- San Joaquin County has 504 COVID-19-related deaths among 24,649 cases.
- Merced County has 176 deaths among 10,986 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 708 cases and eight deaths.
- Mariposa County has 94 cases and two deaths.
As of Monday morning, there were 1,115,252 confirmed cases in California and 18,727 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 12,249,674 U.S. cases and 256,800 deaths.
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