Coronavirus update, May 6: Stanislaus reaches 1,050 deaths, adds 70 positive tests
Stanislaus County reported three deaths to COVID-19 on Wednesday and 70 new positive tests.
A total of 1,050 residents have died from the virus since April 2020, the Health Services Agency said.
Positive tests now stand at 55,105. The county has 581,097 negative test results and 53,518 people who are presumed recovered.
The county learned Tuesday that it will remain in the red tier of the state’s pandemic plan for a seventh straight week. It is the third most restrictive of the four for business and gatherings.
Other details:
Hospital cases: The five hospitals had 80 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Wednesday, up from 73 on Tuesday. Twelve staffed intensive care beds were available to adults, up from six.
Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Wednesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the positivity rate was 5.56%, up from 4.39% a day earlier. The rolling seven-day rate was 3.36%, down from 3.42%. The 14-day rate was 3.45%, up from 3.25%.
Vaccines: As of Wednesday, 259,580 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, unchanged since April 16. This includes 115,369 doses to health care providers and 144,211 to public health.
Here is a look at this week’s public vaccination clinic schedule:
Thursday, May 6, Modesto: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 L St.; first and second doses of Pfizer
Thursday, May 6, Modesto: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Airport Neighborhood Community Center, 805 Empire Ave; first dose of Pfizer
Friday, May 7, Oakdale: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Gladys L. Lemmons Senior Community Center, 450 East A St.; second dose of Moderna
Friday, May 7, Turlock: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Geer Road entrance to Stanislaus State University; first dose of Moderna
Saturday, May 8, Turlock: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Geer Road entrance to Stanislaus State University; first and second doses of Pfizer
California has administered 31,670,889 vaccines as of Wednesday, up from 31,468,937 on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 19th in the country, having administered 80,155 doses per 100,000 residents. Vermont 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 Wednesday:
- 53.5% are female
- 46.5% male
- 8.6% are 14 years or younger
- 16.5% are ages 15 to 24
- 19.2% are 25 to 34
- 17.1% are 35 to 44
- 14.8% are 45 to 54
- 12.1% are 55 to 64
- 6.5% are 65 to 74
- 3.4% are 75 to 84
- 1.8% 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 20,700 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,450
- Ceres has 5,599
- Patterson has 2,598
- Riverbank has 2,564
- Oakdale has 1,855
- Newman has 1,203
- Waterford has 654
- Hughson has 594
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,910
- District 5 has 2,585
- District 2 has 2,292
- District 1 has 1,309
- District 4 has 448
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Wednesday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,384 COVID-19-related deaths among 72,784 cases.
- Merced County has 454 deaths among 31,701 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 64 deaths among 4,115 cases.
- Mariposa County has seven deaths among 445 cases.
As of Thursday morning, there were 3,750,633 confirmed cases in California and 62,070 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 32,558,384 U.S. cases and 579,282 deaths.
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