Coronavirus update, Oct. 22: Stanislaus tops 1 million tests. Deaths reach 1,331
Stanislaus County passed a milestone Thursday with regard to testing for COVID-19.
Health workers have done more than 1 million tests since the pandemic arrived in early 2020. This includes 924,372 negative test results and 76,922 people found to have the virus.
A key point when looking at this data: The positive figure is individuals, with one test each. The negative results include many people who have been tested multiple times because of work requirements or other reasons.
That said, this milestone is still worth noting for the health workers, who continue to stick swabs in nostrils to help contain COVID-19. The current schedule for the county Health Services Agency is at www.schsa.org/coronavirus/testing.
Other updates from the county’s online dashboard Thursday:
Deaths: Five more residents have died, for a total of 1,331 since the first was reported in April 2020. The death rate has slowed over the past month but is still higher than late spring and early summer.
Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 110 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Thursday, down from 117 on Wednesday. Adults in intensive care increased by five to 33.
Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Thursday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 7.0%, up from 6.9% the previous day and an increase of 0.4% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 8.6%.
Vaccines: As of Thursday, 85.6% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 59.8% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The county vaccine clinic schedule through Oct. 23:
Friday, Oct. 22, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Friday, Oct. 22, Ceres: Ceres High School Multipurpose Room, 2320 Central Ave., 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Saturday, Oct. 23, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
Saturday, Oct. 23, Modesto: Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)
For more clinic information, click here.
California has administered 52,869,188 vaccine doses as of Thursday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 133,805 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
- 11.2% are 14 years or younger
- 16.5% are ages 15 to 24
- 18.9% are 25 to 34
- 17% are 35 to 44
- 14.2% 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 31.1%, Asians are 4.2%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.
Geographically:
- Modesto has 29,141 positive cases
- Turlock has 9,969
- Ceres has 7,711
- Riverbank has 3,523
- Patterson has 3,277
- Oakdale has 2,677
- Newman has 1,549
- Waterford has 1,058
- Hughson has 876
- Supervisorial District 3 has 3,965
- District 5 has 3,422
- District 2 has 3,120
- District 1 has 1,937
- District 4 has 643
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties:
- San Joaquin County has 1,726 COVID-19-related deaths among 98,325 cases.
- Merced County has 586 deaths among 42,667 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 113 deaths among 7,039 cases.
- Mariposa County has 16 deaths among 1,334 cases.
As of Thursday evening, there were 4,835,022 confirmed cases in California and 71,032 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 45,294,293 U.S. cases and 733,064 deaths.
