Eleven deaths reported on the last day of September brought Stanislaus County to 1,283 since the pandemic emerged.

The month brought 141 deaths, well short of the 212 in January, the worst month so far. The toll has risen as the delta variant of the virus continues to spread.

The county added 209 cases Thursday, for a total of 74,030 since the first one in March 2020, the county Health Services Agency said. Stanislaus also has 867,974 negative test results and 70,972 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 156 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Thursday, down one from the day before and the 300-plus in early September. Adults in intensive care remained at 48.

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Vaccines: As of Thursday, 81.8% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 56.1% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Oct. 2:

• Friday, Oct. 1, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Oct. 1, Modesto: Life Connection Church, 1520 Rose Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 2, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 2, 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 50,639,664 vaccine doses as of Thursday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 12th in the country, with 128,162 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
• 10.8% 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 30.8%, Asians are 4.3%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 28,046 positive cases
• Turlock has 9,623
• Ceres has 7,424
• Riverbank has 3,409
• Patterson has 3,225
• Oakdale has 2,579
• Newman has 1,500
• Waterford has 1,020
• Hughson has 854
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,826
• District 5 has 3,288
• District 2 has 2,997
• District 1 has 1,841
• District 4 has 616

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,654 COVID-19-related deaths among 95,423 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 557 deaths among 40,780 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 103 deaths among 6,550 cases.
• Mariposa County has 13 deaths among 1,094 cases.

As of Thursday evening, there were 4,711,012 confirmed cases in California and 68,980 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 43,452,254 U.S. cases and 697,695 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.