Eight more Stanislaus County residents have died from COVID-19, for a total of 1,150 since April 2020, the county Health Services Agency said Wednesday.

The Sept. 1 figure followed an August with 45 deaths, compared with 18 in July and just nine in June.

Positive tests rose by 283 to a total of 67,757 as of Wednesday. Stanislaus also has 780,256 negative test results and 63,372 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 299 patients with confirmed COVID-19 as Wednesday, up from 283 on Tuesday. The count has not topped 300 since last winter’s surge. Wednesday’s total included 70 adults in intensive care, down four from Tuesday.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Wednesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 12%, up from 11.9% the day before and an increase of 0.1% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 11.1%.

Vaccines: As of Wednesday, 73.7% of eligible county residents (those 12 years old and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 48% 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:

• 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 48,109,850 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 121,759 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 Wednesday:

• 53.2% are female
• 46.8% male
• 9.7% are 14 years or younger
• 16.5% 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
• 6.2% are 65 to 74
• 3.2% are 75 to 84
• 1.7% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 50.3% of the positive cases, whites are 29.7%, Asians are 4.3%, Blacks are 2.3%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 25,372 positive cases
• Turlock has 8,739
• Ceres has 6,688
• Riverbank has 3,064
• Patterson has 2,995
• Oakdale has 2,341
• Newman has 1,379
• Waterford has 866
• Hughson has 728
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,452
• District 5 has 2,996
• District 2 has 2,700
• District 1 has 1,654
• District 4 has 552

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,540 COVID-19-related deaths among 87,365 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 512 deaths among 37,087 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 92 deaths among 5,732 cases.
• Mariposa County has 10 deaths among 825 cases.

As of Wednesday evening, there were 4,360,789 confirmed cases in California and 65,873 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 39,388,909 U.S. cases and 642,004 deaths.

This story was originally published September 1, 2021 at 6:20 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.