Hospital cases of COVID-19 rose again on Thursday after declining for the first time the previous day the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency said.

The county reported four deaths to the virus, for a total of 1,129 since April 2020.

Positive tests rose by 338 to 65,282 as of Thursday. Stanislaus also has 757,904 negative test results and 61,615 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 278 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Thursday, up from 263 the day before. The figure had been in the 30s in mid-July but is now approaching the 300-plus at the peak of last winter’s surge.

Vaccines: As of Thursday, 72.7% of eligible county residents (those 12 years old and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 47.1% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The public vaccine schedule through Aug. 29 (appointments are urged, but walk-ins are welcome while supplies last):

• Friday, Aug. 27, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 28, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 28, Modesto: Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I St., 10 a.m.-noon, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Aug. 28, Modesto: Stanislaus Asian American Community Resource, 601 S. Martin Luther King Drive, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Sunday, Aug. 29, Patterson: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 529 I St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

For more clinic information, click here.

California has administered 47,513,370 vaccine doses as of Thursday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 120,250 doses per 100,000 residents. Vermont ranks first, Idaho 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 Thursday:

• 53.2% are female
• 46.8% male
• 9.4% are 14 years or younger
• 16.6% are ages 15 to 24
• 19.3% are 25 to 34
• 17.1% are 35 to 44
• 14.6% are 45 to 54
• 11.7% are 55 to 64
• 6.3% are 65 to 74
• 3.3% are 75 to 84
• 1.7% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 50.6% of the positive cases, whites are 29.4%, Asians are 4.4%, Blacks are 2.3%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 24,609 positive cases
• Turlock has 8,515
• Ceres has 6,510
• Riverbank has 2,973
• Patterson has 2,940
• Oakdale has 2,267
• Newman has 1,349
• Waterford has 821
• Hughson has 692
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,342
• District 5 has 2,923
• District 2 has 2,616
• District 1 has 1,609
• District 4 has 527

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,499 COVID-19-related deaths among 83,466 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 506 deaths among 36,113 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 87 deaths among 5,569 cases.
• Mariposa County has 10 deaths among 769 cases.

As of Thursday evening, there were 4,280,215 confirmed cases in California and 65,399 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 38,367,976 U.S. cases and 633,402 deaths.

This story was originally published August 27, 2021 at 5:00 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.