Coronavirus update, April 10: Here’s where Stanislaus County stands at vaccination rate
One in 5 residents aged 18 and older in Stanislaus County have been vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Data released Friday shows 20.3% of Stanislaus County residents have been vaccinated. San Joaquin County is at 20.4%, Merced County at 17.1% percent and Tuolumne County at 30.2%. By comparison, Fresno County is at 25% and Alameda County at 31.7%. Sacramento County is at 24%.
For total population, Stanislaus County is at 14.9%.
Meanwhile, Stanislaus County reported three more deaths to COVID-19 on Friday, along with 99 new cases.
A total of 1,015 residents have died since the first was announced April 10, 2020, the county Health Services Agency said.
Stanislaus has 53,348 total cases, 529,654 negative test results and 51,830 people who are presumed recovered.
On the state dashboard Friday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the positive rate was 2.1%, down from 2.69% the previous day. The rolling seven-day rate was 3.68%, down from 4.13%. The 14-day rate was 4.29%, down from 4.55%.
According to the Los Angeles Times tracker, the county has the eighth highest rate of infection in the last seven days among the state’s 58 counties. Its rate of deaths over the last week ranks 13th.
The county remains in the red tier, the third most restrictive in the state’s four-tier response plan. That system could go away in mid-June, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week amid signs of improvement. Residents are still urged to get vaccinated and follow other safeguards.
Other details:
Hospital cases: There were 74 patients with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county’s five hospitals, down from 81 the day before. There were seven staffed adult intensive care unit beds available, down from 11 on Thursday.
Vaccines: As of Friday, 176,870 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, unchanged since March 26. This includes 85,429 doses to health care providers and 91,441 to public health.
Here is the county vaccination schedule for the rest of this week:
Saturday, April 10, Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 L Street, Modesto, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 1st dose Pfizer (please make an appointment, although walk-ins welcome until supplies last); 2nd dose, Pfizer (no appointment needed or until supplies last)
Saturday, April 10, Stanislaus State, 1 University Circle, Turlock; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; single dose Johnson & Johnson (please make an appointment, although walk-ins welcome until supplies last)
More information is on the county dashboard at http://schsa.org/coronavirus/vaccine/.
California has administered 21,725,654 vaccines as of Friday, up from 21,243,518 on Thursday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 28th in the country, having administered 54,985 doses per 100,000 residents. New Mexico ranks first, Alabama 50th among the states.
It’s important to note that if you’ve had part or full vaccination, wearing a mask and keeping with all the safety precautions like social distancing is still recommended by the Centers for Disease for Control and Prevention. Also, those who have had COVID-19 still need to be vaccinated.
Case demographics: Here are the breakdowns of the positive tests in Stanislaus County as of Friday:
- 53.6% are female
- 46.4% male
- 8.4% are 14 years or younger
- 16.4% are ages 15 to 24
- 19.2% are 25 to 34
- 17.2% are 35 to 44
- 14.8% are 45 to 54
- 12.1% 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 19,952 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,203
- Ceres has 5,399
- Patterson has 2,559
- Riverbank has 2,484
- Oakdale has 1,790
- Newman has 1,183
- Waterford has 639
- Hughson has 580
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,810
- District 5 has 2,545
- District 2 has 2,230
- District 1 has 1,271
- District 4 has 423
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Friday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,328 COVID-19-related deaths among 70,746 cases.
- Merced County has 448 deaths among 31,009 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 4,052 cases and 64 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 415 cases and seven deaths.
As of Saturday morning, there were 3,693,674 confirmed cases in California and 60,286 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 31,085,251 U.S. cases and 561,074 deaths.
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This story was originally published April 10, 2021 at 6:02 AM.
