Stanislaus County reported just one death to COVID-19 on Tuesday, as the late-summer surge appeared to ease.

A total of 1,197 residents have died since April 2020, the county Health Services Agency said. The daily count was as high as 12 in early September.

Stanislaus had 229 new positive tests Tuesday, for a total of 71,135. The county also has 822,507 negative test results and 67,362 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 266 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Tuesday, up from 260 the day before but better than the 314 on Sept. 3. The figure was in the 30s in mid-July. Tuesday’s total included 69 adults in intensive care, up from 66 on Monday.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Monday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 10.4%, the same as the day before, and an increase of 0.2% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 14.1%.

Vaccines: As of Tuesday, 75.5% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 49.8% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Sept. 18:

• Wednesday, Sept. 15, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Wednesday, Sept. 15, Modesto: Modesto Junior College East Campus, 435 College Ave., 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Sept. 16, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Sept. 16, Patterson: Fire Station 2, 1950 Keystone Pacific Parkway, 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Sept. 16, Newman: Orestimba High School, 707 Hardin Road, 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Sept. 17, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Sept. 17, Modesto: Vintage Faire Mall (inside old Coach store), 3401 Dale Road, 2-7 p.m, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

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

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

• Saturday, Sept. 18, 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 49,207,490 vaccine doses as of Tuesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 124,537 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 Tuesday:

• 53.2% are female
• 46.8% male
• 10.3% are 14 years or younger
• 16.5% are ages 15 to 24
• 19.1% are 25 to 34
• 17% are 35 to 44
• 14.4% are 45 to 54
• 11.6% are 55 to 64
• 6.2% are 65 to 74
• 3.2% are 75 to 84
• 1.7% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 50.1% of the positive cases, whites are 30.3%, Asians are 4.3%, Blacks are 2.3%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 26,698 positive cases
• Turlock has 9,164
• Ceres has 7,055
• Riverbank has 3,246
• Patterson has 3,101
• Oakdale has 2,479
• Newman has 1,421
• Waterford has 947
• Hughson has 787
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,649
• District 5 has 3,127
• District 2 has 2,853
• District 1 has 1,728
• District 4 has 578

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,581 COVID-19-related deaths among 90,730 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 532 deaths among 38,856 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 99 deaths among 6,131 cases.
• Mariposa County has 10 deaths among 933 cases.

As of Tuesday evening, there were 4,489,4339 confirmed cases in California and 67,221 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 41,358,752 U.S. cases and 663,913 deaths.

This story was originally published September 15, 2021 at 4:48 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.