Hospital cases of COVID-19 shot up again in Stanislaus County on Tuesday.

The county’s five hospitals had 170 patients, compared with 152 on Monday, the Health Services Agency reported. The count had dipped to the 30s in mid-July and exceeded 300 during the worst of the winter surge.

Positive tests rose by 132 to 61,061 as of Tuesday. Stanislaus also has 720,876 negative test results and 58,381 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Monday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate increased to 11.2%, up from 11% from the day before and an increase of 0.3% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 3.3%.

Vaccines: As of Tuesday, 56.5% of all county residents had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 36.8% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Aug. 15 (appointments are urged, but walk-ins are welcome while supplies last):

• Wednesday, Aug. 11, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Aug. 12, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Aug. 12, Turlock: Crossroads Church, 1360 N. Johnson Road, 3-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Aug. 12, Patterson: Fire Station 2, 1950 Keystone Pacific Parkway, 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Aug. 13, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 14, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 14, Salida: Salida Elementary School, 4519 Finney Road, 9-11 a.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 14, Modesto: Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I St., 10 a.m.-noon, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Sunday, Aug. 15, Modesto: Holy Family Catholic Church, 4212 Dale Road, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Sunday, Aug. 15, Newman: St. Joachim Catholic Church, 1121 Main St., 10 a.m.-noon, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

For more clinic information, click here.

California has administered 46,003,535 vaccine doses as of Tuesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 116,429 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:

• 53.3% are female
• 46.7% male
• 8.9% are 14 years or younger
• 16.6% are ages 15 to 24
• 19.4% are 25 to 34
• 17.2% are 35 to 44
• 14.7% are 45 to 54
• 11.8% are 55 to 64
• 6.4% are 65 to 74
• 3.3% are 75 to 84
• 1.8% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 51% of the positive cases, whites are 29.1%, Asians are 4.4%, Blacks are 2.2%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically (not updated this week):

• Modesto has 22,171 positive cases
• Turlock has 7,788
• Ceres has 6,000
• Patterson has 2,732
• Riverbank has 2,721
• Oakdale has 2,030
• Newman has 1,260
• Waterford has 727
• Hughson has 632
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,088
• District 5 has 2,709
• District 2 has 2,413
• District 1 has 1,427
• District 4 has 475

Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties:

• San Joaquin County has 1,491 COVID-19-related deaths among 79,681 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 488 deaths among 33,761 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 73 deaths among 4,921 cases.
• Mariposa County has seven deaths among 587 cases.

As of Wednesday morning, there were 4,076,632 confirmed cases in California and 64,853 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 36,058,737 U.S. cases and 618,149 deaths.

John Holland

The Modesto Bee

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John Holland covers agriculture, transportation and general assignment news. He has been with The Modesto Bee since 2000 and previously worked at newspapers in Sonora and Visalia. He was born and raised in San Francisco and has a journalism degree from UC Berkeley.