Stanislaus County added one death to COVID-19 on Thursday and saw a continued drop in intensive care and overall hospital cases.

A total of 1,297 residents have died from the virus since April 2020, the county Health Services Agency said.

Positive tests stood at 75,027 with the 191 reported Thursday. Stanislaus also has 888,092 negative test results and 72,210 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 140 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Thursday, down from 150 on Wednesday. Adults in intensive care dropped by nine to 33.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Thursday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 6.8%, an increase of 1.2% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 9.7%.

Vaccines: As of Thursday, 82.8% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 56.9% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Oct. 9:

• Friday, Oct. 8, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Oct. 8, Ceres: Central Valley High School Multipurpose Room, 4033 Central Ave., 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 9, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 9, Modesto: Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 9, Modesto: Family Day at the Park, Oregon Park, 1525 Oregon Drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

For more clinic information, click here.

California has administered 51,458,972 vaccine doses as of Thursday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 12th in the country, with 130,236 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
• 10.9% 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
• 3.1% are 75 to 84
• 1.6% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 49.9% of the positive cases, whites are 30.9%, Asians are 4.2%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 28,526 positive cases
• Turlock has 9,743
• Ceres has 7,532
• Riverbank has 3,460
• Patterson has 3,245
• Oakdale has 2,611
• Newman has 1,515
• Waterford has 1,034
• Hughson has 865
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,880
• District 5 has 3,340
• District 2 has 3,046
• District 1 has 1,879
• District 4 has 621

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,668 COVID-19-related deaths among 96,504 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 570 deaths among 41,455 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 105 deaths among 6,726 cases.
• Mariposa County has 13 deaths among 1,182 cases.

As of Thursday evening, there were 4,757,349 confirmed cases in California and 69,663 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 44,157,058 U.S. cases and 710,168 deaths.

This story was originally published October 8, 2021 at 5:07 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.