Coronavirus update, Feb. 11: Stanislaus has just 90 new cases, large hospital decline
Stanislaus County added just 90 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and had another large decline in hospital patients.
The death toll rose by seven for the second straight day, for a total of 881 residents lost to the pandemic over 10 months. February has had 53 deaths, a pace well behind the monthly record of 212 in January.
Wednesday was the first time in many weeks that new cases were below 100, as reported by the county Health Services Agency. Stanislaus now has 48,184 cases, 414,475 negative test results and 45,211 people who are presumed recovered.
The single-day positive rate was 10.87%, up from 6.49% the previous day, according to state data. The seven-day rolling rate was 10.97%, up from 10.85%. The 14-day rate was 11.17%, down from 12.66%.
The county’s five hospitals reported 175 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday, down markedly from 193 on Tuesday. The count had been well over 300 during the peak of the winter surge. The number of staffed adult ICU beds was at eight, up from four.
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 Wednesday, 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 4,957,297 vaccines as of Wednesday, up from 4,784,478 on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 31st in the country, having administered 12,546 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 Wednesday:
- 53.5% are female
- 46.5% male
- 8.1% are 14 years or younger
- 16.4% are ages 15 to 24
- 19.4% 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 943 COVID-19-related deaths among 64,457 cases.
- Merced County has 373 deaths among 27,562 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 3,757 cases and 51 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 381 cases and five deaths.
As of Thursday morning, there were 3,451,176 confirmed cases in California and 45,496 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 27,288,483 U.S. cases and 471,765 deaths.
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From around the state, nation and world
The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab was unlikely.
The Biden administration is considering whether to impose domestic travel restrictions, including on Florida, fearful that coronavirus mutations are threatening to reverse hard-fought progress on the pandemic.
A research team led by the University of Idaho reported Tuesday that mothers with COVID-19 don’t pass on the coronavirus in their milk, but instead could transfer antibodies that can neutralize the virus.
This story was originally published February 11, 2021 at 12:00 AM.
