Coronavirus Update, May 10: Stanislaus County hospitalizations continue to decline
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Hospitalizations tied to the coronavirus continued to drop in Stanislaus County, according to data released Sunday by the Health Services Agency.
The number of patients in the county’s healthcare facilities fell to 62, a 35 percent drop from just nine days ago on the heels of a spike that had seen numbers climb into triple-digits in late April.
In terms of new cases and deaths, the county did not release new numbers on Sunday.
A total of 1,055 residents have died from the virus since April 2020, the Health Services Agency said.
Positive tests now stand at 55,338. The county has 589,248 negative test results and 53,758 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 62 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Sunday, down from 67 on Saturday. Eleven staffed intensive care beds were available to adults, up from 10.
Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Sunday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the positivity rate was 3.15%, down from 3.19% a day earlier. The rolling seven-day rate was 3.3%, up from3.14%. The 14-day rate was 3.47%, down from 3.49%.
Vaccines: As of Sunday, 309,976 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, up from 259,580 on Sunday. The total includes 136,477 doses to health care providers and 173,499 to public health.
As of Saturday, with 33.4% of its residents and 24.9% of the total population fully vaccinated, Stanislaus County remained well below the U.S. percentages, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The county released its public vaccine clinic schedule for this week. Here are the places, times and vaccines available:
Monday, May 10, Stanislaus State, Turlock: 9 a.m.-7 p.m., 2nd dose Pfizer (16+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Monday, May 10, Hughson Community/Senior Center), 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1st dose Moderna (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Tuesday, May 11, Modesto Centre Plaza, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., 2nd dose Pfizer (16+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Tuesday, May 11, Gladys L. Lemmons Senior Community Center, Oakdale, noon-7 p.m., 2nd dose Moderna (18+, no appointment needed); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Tuesday, May 11, Salvation Army, Turlock (mobile clinics), 9-11 a.m., 2nd dose Moderna (18+, no appointment needed); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Tuesday, May 11, Ceres Community Center (mobile clinic), 3-6:15 p.m., 1st dose Pfizer (16+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last); 2nd dose Pfizer (16+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Wednesday, May 12, Stanislaus State, Turlock: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 1st dose Pfizer (16+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last); 2nd dose Pfizer (16+, no appointment necessary).
Wednesday, May 12, Hammon Senior Center, Patterson, 9 am.-5 p.m., 2nd dose Moderna (18+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Thursday, May 13, Modesto Centre Plaza, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 2nd dose Pfizer (16+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Thursday, May 13, 3-7 p.m., El Concilio Community Resource Center (mobile clinic), 1st dose Pfizer (16+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Friday, May 14, Gladys L. Lemmons Senior Community Center, Oakdale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 2nd dose Moderna (18+, no appointment needed); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Friday, May 14, Stanislaus State, Turlock, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 1st dose Moderna (18+, no appointment needed); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Friday, May 14, Hammon Senior Center, Patterson, 9 am.-5 p.m., 2nd dose Moderna (18+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Saturday, May 15, Stanislaus State, Turlock: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 1st dose Pfizer (16+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last); 2nd dose Pfizer (16+, no appointment necessary).
California has administered 33,109,680 vaccines as of Monday morning, up from 32,759,885 on Sunday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 17th in the country, having administered 83,796 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 Sunday:
- 53.4% are female
- 46.6% male
- 8.5% 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 20,777 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,483
- Ceres has 5,642
- Patterson has 2,610
- Riverbank has 2,576
- Oakdale has 1,860
- Newman has 1,212
- Waterford has 656
- Hughson has 595
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,921
- District 5 has 2,593
- District 2 has 2,300
- District 1 has 1,313
- District 4 has 449
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Sunday:
- 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 Monday morning, there were 3,758,137 confirmed cases in California and 62,314 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 32,708,028 U.S. cases and 581,755 deaths.
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