Coronavirus update, Feb. 10: Stanislaus has 7 more deaths, little change at hospitals
Hospital cases of COVID-19 rose slightly Tuesday in Stanislaus County but remained well below the troubling levels of a month ago.
Another seven residents have died from the virus, for a total of 874 since the pandemic took hold last spring, the county Health Services Agency said. February has had 46 deaths so far, following a January that was the deadliest month at 212.
Stanislaus had 230 new positive tests Tuesday, for a total of 48,094. The county also has 412,060 negative test results and 45,026 people who are presumed recovered from the virus.
The single-day positive rate was 6.49%, down from 7.63% the previous day, according to state data. The seven-day rolling positivity rate was unchanged at 10.85%. The 14-day rate was 12.01%, down from 12.66%.
Over the last seven days, Stanislaus County’s infection rate per 100,000 residents ranks sixth highest among the state’s 58 counties and its rate of death is 18th, according to the Los Angeles Times COVID-19 tracker. Its overall death rate per 100,000 residents remains fourth in the state. Its infection rate per 100,000 residents is 16th.
The county’s five hospitals reported 193 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday, up from 192 on Monday. It was the fourth straight day under 200. The count had been well over 300 during the peak of the winter surge in early January.
The number of staffed adult ICU beds was at five, up from zero.
A long-term projection of easing ICU capacity prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Jan. 25 to lift the stay-home order in the 12-county San Joaquin Valley Region. Stanislaus remains in the purple tier, the most restrictive for business and gatherings.
Here is the Stanislaus County vaccination schedule for this week:
- Modesto: Second dose only, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Modesto Centre Plaza
- Turlock: Second dose only, Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Stanislaus State University
- Oakdale: First dose only, Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Gladys Lemmons Community Center
- Patterson: Closed this week
As of Tuesday, 55,550 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County. This includes 26,625 doses to health care providers and 28,925 to public health. The numbers do not include federal allocations to staff and residents at nursing care facilities and some provided directly to hospital systems.
Information regarding vaccinations in Stanislaus County is on the county dashboard at http://schsa.org/coronavirus/vaccine/.
California has administered 4,784,478 vaccines as of Tuesday, up from 4,682,862 on Monday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 31st in the country, having administered 12,109 doses per 100,000 residents. Alaska ranks first, Alabama 50th among the states.
Here are the demographic breakdowns of the positive tests in Stanislaus County as of Tuesday:
- 53.6% are female
- 46.4% male
- 8.1% are 14 years or younger
- 16.4% are ages 15 to 24
- 19.5% are 25 to 34
- 17.3% are 35 to 44
- 14.9% are 45 to 54
- 12% are 55 to 64
- 6.6% are 65 to 74
- 3.4% are 75 to 84
- 1.9% are 85 or older.
- Though they make up 47 percent of the population, Latinos represented 63.7 percent of the positive cases.
Geographically:
- Modesto has 17,644 positive cases
- Turlock has 6,483
- Ceres has 4,971
- Patterson has 2,347
- Riverbank has 2,193
- Oakdale has 1,518
- Newman has 1,090
- Waterford has 562
- Hughson has 522
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,484
- District 5 has 2,302
- District 2 has 2,013
- District 1 has 1,123
- District 4 has 352
- San Joaquin County has 929 COVID-19-related deaths among 64,396 cases.
- Merced County has 367 deaths among 27,509 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 3,734 cases and 51 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 380 cases and five deaths.
As of Tuesday morning, there were 3,442,672 confirmed cases in California and 45,009 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 27,193,849 U.S. cases and 468,217 deaths.
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This story was originally published February 10, 2021 at 6:40 AM.
