Coronavirus update, Sept. 23: Stanislaus reports eight deaths, 127 positive tests
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Stanislaus County added eight deaths to COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,243 residents since April 2020.
September has had 101 deaths so far, amid a summer surge prompted by the delta variant of the virus. The worst month so far was January, with 212 deaths.
The county Health Services Agency reported 127 new positive tests Wednesday, for a total of 72,720. The county also has 845,218 negative test results and 69,322 people who are presumed recovered.
Other details:
Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 223 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Wednesday, down from 240 the day before. The total included 66 adults in intensive care, down one.
Vaccines: As of Wednesday, 78.4% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 53% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The county vaccine clinic schedule through Sept. 25:
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 49,932,474 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 126,372 doses per 100,000 residents. Vermont ranks first, West Virginia 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:
- 53.1% are female
- 46.9% male
- 10.6% are 14 years or younger
- 16.5% are ages 15 to 24
- 19% are 25 to 34
- 17.1% are 35 to 44
- 14.4% are 45 to 54
- 11.5% are 55 to 64
- 6.1% are 65 to 74
- 3.2% are 75 to 84
- 1.6% are 85 or older
- Latinos are 49.9% of the positive cases, whites are 30.7%, Asians are 4.3%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.
Geographically (as of Tuesday):
- Modesto has 27,375 positive cases
- Turlock has 9427
- Ceres has 7,266
- Riverbank has 3,316
- Patterson has 3,168
- Oakdale has 2,529
- Newman has 1,453
- Waterford has 987
- Hughson has 821
- Supervisorial District 3 has 3,745
- District 5 has 3,214
- District 2 has 2,932
- District 1 has 1,786
- District 4 has 596
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties as of Wednesday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,638 COVID-19-related deaths among 94,371 cases.
- Merced County has 546 deaths among 39,835 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 100 deaths among 6,327 cases.
- Mariposa County has 12 deaths among 1,015 cases.
As of Wednesday evening, there were 4,651,497 confirmed cases in California and 68,087 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 42,534,384 U.S. cases and 681,067 deaths.
