Stanislaus County added 12 residents to its COVID-19 death toll Wednesday, for a total of 43 over the first week of September.

Deaths stand at 1,185 since the first was reported in April 2020 by the county Health Services Agency.

New cases slowed with the 119 reported Wednesday, brings the total to 69,439. The Labor Day weekend had brought 995.

Stanislaus also has 801,976 negative test results and 65,688 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 288 patients with confirmed COVID-19 as of Wednesday, down from 300 on Tuesday. The count was in the 30s in mid-July. Wednesday’s total included 66 adults in intensive care, up from 58 on Tuesday.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Wednesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 10.2%, remaining the same from the day before, and an increase of 1.3% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 12.9%.

Vaccines: As of Wednesday, 74.6% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 48.8% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county is offering $20 gift cards to people getting vaccines at its public clinics. The schedule through Sept. 12:

• Thursday, Sept. 9, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
• Thursday, Sept. 9, Patterson: Fire Station 2, 1950 Keystone Pacific Parkway, 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
• Friday, Sept. 10, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
• Friday, Sept. 10, Modesto: Vintage Faire Mall (inside old Coach store), 3401 Dale Road, 2-7 p.m, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
• Friday, Sept. 10, Modesto: Life Connection Church, 1520 Rose Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
• Saturday, Sept. 11, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Sept. 11, Modesto: Modesto Junior College East Campus, 435 College Ave., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Sunday, Sept. 12, Modesto: Holy Family Catholic Church, 4212 Dale Road, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

For more clinic information, click here.

California has administered 48,694,320 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 123,239 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
• 10.1% are 14 years or younger
• 16.5% are ages 15 to 24
• 19.1% 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 50.2% of the positive cases, whites are 30.1%, Asians are 4.3%, Blacks are 2.3%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 26,169 positive cases
• Turlock has 8,964
• Ceres has 6,912
• Riverbank has 3,160
• Patterson has 3,038
• Oakdale has 2,415
• Newman has 1,398
• Waterford has 914
• Hughson has 765
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,573
• District 5 has 3,078
• District 2 has 2,786
• District 1 has 1,689
• District 4 has 561

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,548 COVID-19-related deaths among 89,468 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 522 deaths among 38,041 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 96 deaths among 5,954 cases.
• Mariposa County has 10 deaths among 862 cases.

As of Wednesday evening, there were 4,435,277 confirmed cases in California and 66,540 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 40,446,103 U.S. cases and 652,591 deaths.

This story was originally published September 9, 2021 at 5:17 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.