Coronavirus update, Feb. 12: Stanislaus reaches 888 deaths, 48,376 positive tests
Stanislaus County reported seven COVID-19 deaths for the third straight day Thursday. The total stands at 888 residents since the first was announced last April.
The county Health Services Agency reported 192 positive tests Thursday, for a total of 48,376. Stanislaus also has 417,526 negative test results and 45,434 people who are presumed recovered.
The single-day positive rate was 6.44%, down from 10.87% the previous day, according to state data. The seven-day rolling rate was 9.6%, down from 10.97%. The 14-day rate was 10.96%, down from 11.17%.
The county’s five hospitals reported 183 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday, up from 175 on Wednesday. The count had been well over 300 during the peak of the winter surge. The number of staffed adult ICU beds was at six, down from eight.
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 the remainder of this week:
- Modesto: Second dose only, Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Modesto Centre Plaza
- Oakdale: First dose only, Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Gladys Lemmons Community Center
As of Thursday, 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 5,134,864 vaccines as of Thursday, up from 4,957,297 on Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 31st in the country, having administered 12,996 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 Thursday:
- 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 17,745 positive cases
- Turlock has 6,524
- Ceres has 4,990
- Patterson has 2,362
- Riverbank has 2,208
- Oakdale has 1,527
- Newman has 1,092
- Waterford has 566
- Hughson has 528
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,493
- District 5 has 2,308
- District 2 has 2,031
- District 1 has 1,132
- District 4 has 357
- San Joaquin County has 965 COVID-19-related deaths among 64,709 cases.
- Merced County has 375 deaths among 27,701 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 3,774 cases and 52 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 385 cases and five deaths.
As of Thursday evening, there were 3,440,004 confirmed cases in California and 45,967 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 27,391,000 U.S. cases and 475,221 deaths.
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This story was originally published February 12, 2021 at 5:00 AM.
