Coronavirus update, Feb. 16: Hospitalizations drop to 150 in Stanislaus County
The number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Stanislaus County continued to drop Monday, with only 150 cases confirmed. That is less than half as many reported in the first weeks of this year.
For the second day in a row, no deaths due to coronavirus were reported in Stanislaus County on Monday, and there more intensive care beds available than the day before.
A total of 899 people in Stanislaus County have died of COVID-19. The county Health Services Agency on Monday reported 148 positive tests, for a total of 48,990 Stanislaus also has 426,904 negative test results and 46,279 people who are presumed recovered.
The single-day positive rate was 5.13%, down from the previous day’s 6.47%, according to state data. The seven-day rolling rate was 8.15%, down from 8.4%. The 14-day rate was 9.5%, down from 10.02%.
The county’s five hospitals reported 150 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases Monday, down from 161 on Sunday. The count has stayed under 200 for a week. The number of staffed adult ICU beds was at 7, up from 4.
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 week of Feb. 14:
- Modesto: Second doses only Monday and Friday, first and second doses Thursday. Both clinics are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Modesto Centre Plaza.
- Turlock: First and second doses Wednesday, second doses only Thursday. Both clinics are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Geer Road entrance to Stanislaus State University.
- Oakdale: First dose only Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Gladys Lemmons Community Center
- Patterson has no clinics scheduled.
As of Monday, 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 5,820,388 vaccines as of Sunday, up from 5,562,553 on Saturday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 33rd in the country, having administered 14,731 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 Friday:
- 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 17,842 positive cases
- Turlock has 6,548
- Ceres has 5,004
- Patterson has 2,364
- Riverbank has 2,234
- Oakdale has 1,533
- Newman has 1,095
- Waterford has 569
- Hughson has 530
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,507
- District 5 has 2,317
- District 2 has 2,039
- District 1 has 1,140
- District 4 has 359
- San Joaquin County has 992 COVID-19-related deaths among 64,969 cases.
- Merced County has 375 deaths among 27,701 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 3,800 cases and 52 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 386 cases and five deaths.
As of Monday morning, there were 3,485,841 confirmed cases in California and 47,057 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 27,641,151 U.S. cases and 485,337 deaths.
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This story was originally published February 16, 2021 at 5:00 AM.
