Stanislaus County reported seven more deaths to COVID-19 on Thursday but also saw a large drop in its hospital caseload.

A total of 1,250 residents have died since April 2020, the county Health Services Agency said.

September has had 108 deaths so far, well below the pace that would equal the 212 in January, the worst month.

The county had 118 new positive tests Thursday, for a total of 72,838. Stanislaus also has 847,993 negative test results and 69,442 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 198 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Thursday, compared with 223 the day before and 289 on Sept. 10. Thursday’s total included 60 adults in intensive care, down one.

Vaccines: As of Thursday, 80.6% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 55.1% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Sept. 25:

• 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 50,100,113 vaccine doses as of Thursday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 12th in the country, with 126,796 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 Thursday:

• 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% are 35 to 44
• 14.3% 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:

• Modesto has 27,576 positive cases
• Turlock has 9,480
• Ceres has 7,307
• Riverbank has 3,362
• Patterson has 3,190
• Oakdale has 2,555
• Newman has 1,468
• Waterford has 996
• Hughson has 829
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,769
• District 5 has 3,229
• District 2 has 2,954
• District 1 has 1,809
• District 4 has 603

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,638 COVID-19-related deaths among 94,371 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 551 deaths among 39,959 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 100 deaths among 6,338 cases.
• Mariposa County has 13 deaths among 1,022 cases.

As of Thursday evening, there were 4,659,062 confirmed cases in California and 68,239 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 42,667,380 U.S. cases and 684,286 deaths.

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.