Coronavirus update, Aug. 31: Stanislaus posts vaccine schedule, offers $20 gift cards
Stanislaus County had six more deaths to COVID-19 and 1,002 more cases in an update Monday that included the weekend.
Hospital cases continued to surge toward numbers seen last winter amid what is now a nearly 18-month pandemic.
A total of 1,139 residents have died from the virus, the Health Services Agency said. The new positive tests raised the total to 66,642 since the first was reported in March 2020. Stanislaus also has 770,700 negative test results and 62,555 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 was at 12.1%, an increase of 0.1% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 10.8%.
Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 283 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Monday, up from 278 on Friday. 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. Monday’s count included 71 adults in intensive care, versus 55 on Friday.
Vaccines: As of Monday, 73.5% of eligible county residents (those 12 years old and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 47.8% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The county is offering $20 gift cards to people who take part in vaccine clinics this week. The schedule:
- Tuesday, Aug. 31, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Tuesday, Aug. 31, Riverbank: Community Center, 3600 Santa Fe St., 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Tuesday, Aug. 31, Turlock: Pitman High School, 2525 W. Christoffersen Parkway, 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Wednesday, Sept. 1, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Thursday, Sept. 2, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Thursday, Sept. 2, Patterson: Fire Station 2, 1950 Keystone Pacific Parkway, 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Friday, Sept. 3, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Friday, Sept. 3, Modesto: Vintage Faire Mall (inside old Coach store), 3401 Dale Road, 2-7 p.m, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Saturday, Sept. 4, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Saturday, Sept. 4, Modesto: Modesto Junior College East Campus, 435 College Ave., 10 a.m.-4 p.m, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
For more clinic information, click here.
California has administered 47,959,156 vaccine doses as of Monday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 121,378 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 Monday:
- 53.1% are female
- 46.9% male
- 9.6% are 14 years or younger
- 16.6% are ages 15 to 24
- 19.3% are 25 to 34
- 17.1% are 35 to 44
- 14.5% 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 50.4% of the positive cases, whites are 29.6%, Asians are 4.4%, Blacks are 2.3%, and the rest are other groups.
Geographically:
- Modesto has 25,009 positive cases
- Turlock has 8,648
- Ceres has 6,606
- Riverbank has 3,018
- Patterson has 2,966
- Oakdale has 2,318
- Newman has 1,369
- Waterford has 841
- Hughson has 712
- Supervisorial District 3 has 3,389
- District 5 has 2,966
- District 2 has 2,669
- District 1 has 1,639
- District 4 has 541
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties:
- San Joaquin County has 1,528 COVID-19-related deaths among 85,922 cases.
- Merced County has 508 deaths among 36,740 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 88 deaths among 5,660 cases.
- Mariposa County has 10 deaths among 803 cases.
As of Tuesday morning, there were 4,346,129 confirmed cases in California and 65,814 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 39,058,699 U.S. cases and 638,843 deaths.
This story was originally published August 31, 2021 at 5:00 AM.
