Stanislaus County added five deaths to COVID-19 from Saturday to Monday, another slowdown in the toll.

That followed a total of 25 deaths Wednesday and Thursday as the late-summer surge continued in recent weeks. A total of 1,234 residents have died since April 2020, the county Health Services Agency said Monday.

Stanislaus reported 601 positive tests over the weekend, for a total of 72,418. The county also has 840,410 negative test results and 68,684 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 248 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Friday. Weekend numbers were not available. The total included 65 adults in intensive care.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Monday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 8.8%, up from 10% before, and an increase of 1.6% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 13.8%.

Vaccines: As of Monday, 77.3% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 52% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Sept. 25:

• Tuesday, Sept. 21, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Tuesday, Sept. 21, Turlock: Pitman High School, 2525 W. Christofferson Parkway, 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Wednesday, Sept. 22, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Wednesday, Sept. 22, Modesto: Sierra Vista Child and Family Services, 1700 McHenry Village Way, 1-4 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Wednesday, Sept. 22, Modesto: Modesto Junior College East Campus, 435 College Ave., 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Sept. 23, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Sept. 23, Patterson: Fire Station 2, 1950 Keystone Pacific Parkway, 2-7 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Sept. 23, Oakdale: Gene Bianchi Community Center, 110 S. Second, 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Sept. 24, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Sept. 24, Modesto: Vintage Faire Mall (inside old Coach store), 3401 Dale Road, 2-7 p.m, Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Sept. 25, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Sept. 25, Modesto: Modesto Junior College East Campus, 435 College Ave., 1:30-3:30 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Sept. 25, 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 49,770,662 vaccine doses as of Monday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 125,963 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
• 10.5% are 14 years or younger
• 16.5% are ages 15 to 24
• 19% 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
• 1.6% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 50% of the positive cases, whites are 30.5%, Asians are 4.3%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically (not updated Monday):

• Modesto has 27,145 positive cases
• Turlock has 9,351
• Ceres has 7,175
• Riverbank has 3,300
• Patterson has 3,164
• Oakdale has 2,518
• Newman has 1,447
• Waterford has 970
• Hughson has 815
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,715
• District 5 has 3,172
• District 2 has 2,907
• District 1 has 1,769
• District 4 has 592

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,629 COVID-19-related deaths among 93,844 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 541 deaths among 39,643 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 99 deaths among 6,287 cases.
• Mariposa County has 12 deaths among 997 cases.

As of Monday evening, there were 4,636,268 confirmed cases in California and 67,966 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 42,286,531 U.S. cases and 676,059 deaths.

This story was originally published September 21, 2021 at 4:59 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.