Coronavirus update, April 17: Stanislaus hospital cases hit 5-month low; 1,028 deaths
The COVID-19 patient count dropped to 61 at Stanislaus County hospitals Friday, the fewest since early November.
Two more residents have died from the virus, for a total of 1,028 since last April, the Health Services Agency said.
Stanislaus added 58 positive tests, bringing its total to 53,842. The county also has 544,383 negative test results and 52,351 people who are presumed recovered.
On the state dashboard Friday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the positive rate was 2.38%, up from 2.31% a day earlier. The rolling seven-day rate was 3.39%, up from 3.6%. The 14-day rate was 3.75%, down from 4.17%.
According to the Los Angeles Times tracker, the county has the 11th highest rate of infection in the last seven days among the state’s 58 counties. Its rate of deaths over the last week ranks fifth.
Stanislaus stayed in the red tier with Tuesday’s weekly reassessment by the state of each county’s status. It is the third most restrictive in the four-tier plan for business and other activities.
Other details:
Hospital cases: There were 61 patients with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county’s five hospitals Friday, down from 78 the day before. The count had not gone that low since early November and topped 300 during the winter surge. Nine staffed intensive care beds were available to adults Friday, up from seven.
Vaccines: As of Friday, 259,580 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, up from 176,870 on Thursday. This includes 115,369 doses to health care providers and 144,211 to public health.
One public vaccine clinic remains this week:
Saturday, April 16: Stanislaus State University, 1 University Circle, Turlock; 1st dose, Pfizer (please make appointment but walk-ins available while supplies last); 2nd dose Pfizer (no appointment necessary) 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (or until supplies run out)
Vaccinations for the week of April 18-24 can be found here.
California has administered 25,047,682 vaccines as of Friday, up from 23,721,226 on Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 22nd in the country, having administered 63,392 doses per 100,000 residents. New Hampshire 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:
- 53.5% are female
- 46.5% 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 20,188 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,276
- Ceres has 5,442
- Patterson has 2,564
- Riverbank has 2,505
- Oakdale has 1,814
- Newman has 1,185
- Waterford has 646
- Hughson has 589
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,835
- District 5 has 2,552
- District 2 has 2,257
- District 1 has 1,291
- District 4 has 433
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Friday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,334 COVID-19-related deaths among 71,431 cases.
- Merced County has 452 deaths among 31,196 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 4,066 cases and 64 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 419 cases and seven deaths.
As of Saturday morning, there were 3,714,587 confirmed cases in California and 60,922 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 31,574,340 U.S. cases and 566,238 deaths.
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This story was originally published April 17, 2021 at 5:36 AM.
