Three more Stanislaus County residents have died from COVID-19, for a total of 1,112 since April 2020, the Health Services Agency reported Wednesday.

The county added 231 positive tests, bringing the count to 63,114. Stanislaus also has 736,155 negative test results and 59,672 people who are presumed recovered.

The midsummer surge continued at the county’s five hospitals, which had 222 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Wednesday. The total was in the 30s just a month ago. It topped 300 at the peak of last winter’s surge. There were 45 patients in adult intensive care beds.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Wednesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate fell to 13.4%, up from 12.9% from Monday and an increase of 0.7% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 6.1%.

Vaccines: As of Wednesday, 70.8% of all eligible county residents (those 12 years old and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 46.1% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Aug. 21 (appointments are urged, but walk-ins are welcome while supplies last):

• Thursday, Aug. 19, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Aug. 19, Modesto: Good Samaritan Adult Day Care, 1483 Mable Ave., 2-3:30 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Aug. 19, Patterson: Fire Station 2, 1950 Keystone Pacific Parkway, 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Aug. 20, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Aug. 20, Modesto: Life Connection Church, 1520 Rose Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 21, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 21, Modesto: Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I St., 10 a.m.-noon, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

For more clinic information, click here.

California has administered 46,720,908 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 118,244 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 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 Wednesday:

• 53.3% are female
• 46.7% male
• 9.1% are 14 years or younger
• 16.6% are ages 15 to 24
• 19.4% are 25 to 34
• 17.1% are 35 to 44
• 14.7% are 45 to 54
• 11.7% are 55 to 64
• 6.4% are 65 to 74
• 3.3% are 75 to 84
• 1.7% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 50.8% of the positive cases, whites are 29.3%, Asians are 4.4%, Blacks are 2.3%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically (not updated this month):

• 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 1,489 COVID-19-related deaths among 81,300 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 492 deaths among 34,558 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 82 deaths among 5,235 cases.
• Mariposa County has eight deaths among 678 cases.

As of Thursday morning, there were 4,176,356 confirmed cases in California and 64,845 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 37,158,309 U.S. cases and 624,260 deaths.

This story was originally published August 19, 2021 at 5:12 AM.

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.