Coronavirus update, May 8: Stanislaus deaths reach 1,055. Vaccine supply increases
Stanislaus County added two deaths to COVID-19 on Friday and 88 new positive tests.
A total of 1,055 residents have died from the virus since April 2020, the Health Services Agency said.
Positive tests now stand at 55,285. The county has 587,367 negative test results and 53,632 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 second most restrictive of the four for business and gatherings.
Of the state’s counties, 12 are in the red tier, 39 in the orange, or moderate tier, and seven are in the least restrictive yellow, or minimal tier.
Other details:
Hospital cases: The five hospitals had 76 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Friday, up from 75 on Thursday. Twelve staffed intensive care beds were available to adults, up from eight.
Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Friday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the positivity rate was 2.47%, down from 4.07% a day earlier. The rolling seven-day rate was 3.33%, down from 3.51%. The 14-day rate was 3.54%, down from 3.71%.
Vaccines: As of Friday, 309,976 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, up from 259,580 on Thursday. It was the first increase since April 16. The total includes 136,477 doses to health care providers and 173,499 to public health.
As of Friday evening, the county had not posted its public vaccine clinic schedule for next week. One remains this week:
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 32,367,810 vaccines as of Saturday morning, up from 32,367,810 on Friday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 17th in the country, having administered 81,918 doses per 100,000 residents. Vermont ranks first, Mississippi 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:
- 53.4% are female
- 46.6% 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 20,749 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,477
- Ceres has 5,634
- Patterson has 2,605
- Riverbank has 2,574
- Oakdale has 1,859
- Newman has 1,213
- Waterford has 655
- Hughson has 595
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,919
- District 5 has 2,591
- District 2 has 2,299
- District 1 has 1,312
- District 4 has 449
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Friday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,391 COVID-19-related deaths among 73,009 cases.
- Merced County has 458 deaths among 31,743 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 64 deaths among 4,123 cases.
- Mariposa County has seven deaths among 445 cases.
As of Saturday morning, there were 3,755,869 confirmed cases in California and 62,220 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 32,652,498 U.S. cases and 580,904 deaths.
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This story was originally published May 8, 2021 at 6:26 AM.
