Coronavirus update, May 12: Stanislaus adds just 39 cases. Hospital count is flat
Stanislaus County reported just 39 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and continued to keep its hospital patient count down.
Two more residents have died from the virus, for a total of 1,058 since April 2020, the Health Services Agency said.
The new cases bring the total to 55,466. Stanislaus has 593,002 negative test results and 53,955 people who are presumed recovered.
The county got word Tuesday that it will spend an eighth straight week in the red tier of the state’s pandemic plan. It is the second most restrictive of the four for business and gatherings.
Other details:
Hospital cases: The five hospitals had 61 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Tuesday, the same as Monday. Six staffed intensive care beds were available to adults, down from nine.
Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Tuesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the positivity rate was 2.83%, unchanged from a day earalier. The rolling seven-day rate was 3.32%, down from 3.18%. The 14-day rate was 3.48%, down from 3.3%.
Vaccines: As of Tuesday, 309,976 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, unchanged since Friday. The total includes 136,477 doses to health care providers and 173,499 to public health.
As of Tuesday, with 34.6% of its adult residents and 25.8% 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:
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 a.m.-5 p.m., 2nd dose Moderna (18+, no appointment necessary); single dose Johnson & Johnson (18+, make appointment, walk-ins available while supplies last).
Wednesday, May 12, Riverbank High School old gym (mobile clinic), 3-7 p.m., 1st dose Pfizer (16+, 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 33,632,769 vaccines as of Tuesday, up from 33,438,134 on Monday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 17th in the country, having administered 85,120 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 in some circumstances 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 Tuesday:
- 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% 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 20,841 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,495
- Ceres has 5,650
- Patterson has 2,614
- Riverbank has 2,584
- Oakdale has 1,866
- Newman has 1,216
- Waterford has 658
- Hughson has 597
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,928
- District 5 has 2,601
- District 2 has 2,307
- District 1 has 1,317
- District 4 has 450
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Tuesday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,391 COVID-19-related deaths among 73,180 cases.
- Merced County has 460 deaths among 31,859 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 66 deaths among 4,130 cases.
- Mariposa County has seven deaths among 447 cases.
As of Wednesday morning, there were 3,761,779 confirmed cases in California and 62,365 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 32,779,414 U.S. cases and 582,848 deaths.
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This story was originally published May 12, 2021 at 4:33 AM.
