Coronavirus update, Feb. 19: Stanislaus has just 84 new cases. Deaths reach 916
Stanislaus County added just 84 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and stands at 49,350 since the first one last March.
The county Health Services Agency announced six more deaths, for a total of 916.
The 84 new positive tests were among the lowest daily totals in recent months. Stanislaus also has 431,830 negative test results and 46,992 people who are presumed recovered.
The single-day positive rate was 11.87%, up from the previous day’s8.61%, according to state data. The seven-day rolling rate was 8.47%, up from 7.93%. The 14-day rate was 9.09%, down from 9.61%.
According to the Los Angeles Times COVID-19 tracker, Stanislaus County has the eighth-highest rate of infection per 100,000 residents in the last week among the state’s 58 counties. Its rate of death if 15th highest. Since the pandemic’s start, its infection rate is 15th highest and death rate fourth highest.
The county’s five hospitals reported 152 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday, down from 158 on Wednesday. The count has stayed under 200 for 13 straight days and was over 300 in early January. The number of staffed adult ICU beds was at 13, up from seven.
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 the week:
- Modesto: Second dose Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Modesto Centre Plaza.
- Oakdale: First dose Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Gladys Lemmons Community Center
As of Thursday, 55,550 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, unchanged for several days. 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 6,496,140 vaccines as of Thursday, up from 6,323,011 on Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 30th in the country, having administered 16,441 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:
- 53.6% are female
- 46.4% male
- 8.2% are 14 years or younger
- 16.4% are ages 15 to 24
- 19.4% are 25 to 34
- 17.2% are 35 to 44
- 14.8% 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 18,164 positive cases
- Turlock has 6,666
- Ceres has 5,062
- Patterson has 2,398
- Riverbank has 2,287
- Oakdale has 1,583
- Newman has 1,112
- Waterford has 590
- Hughson has 540
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,551
- District 5 has 2,356
- District 2 has 2,069
- District 1 has 1,153
- District 4 has 365
- San Joaquin County has 1,021 COVID-19-related deaths among 65,705 cases.
- Merced County has 384 deaths among 28,385 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 3,866 cases and 56 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 389 cases and seven deaths.
As of Friday morning, there were 3,512,088 confirmed cases in California and 48,259 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 27,896,700 U.S. cases and 493,119 deaths.
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The Modesto Bee’s ChrisAnna Mink, our children’s health reporter who also is a doctor in Southern California, was the guest on a podcast hosted by Jeffrey Lewis, CEO of the Turlock-based Legacy Health Endowment. Mink shared great updated information on all things COVID-19. If you have a few minutes, it’s worth a listen. Click here.
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