Stanislaus County reported zero deaths to COVID-19 on Tuesday but continued to stagnate on a key measure that could end its mask mandate.

The death toll remained at 1,359 residents since April 2020, the Health Services Agency said.

Stanislaus has 78,658 positive tests with the 76 added Tuesday. It also has 956,616 negative test results and 75,629 people who are presumed recovered.

The county order requires masks in most indoor public places, regardless of vaccination status. It is expected to end when the case rate per 100,000 residents drops below 20.

The rate was at 23.8 on Tuesday and has fluctuated between 23.7 and 24.5 over the past three weeks.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 149 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Tuesday, up from 142 on Monday. Adults in intensive care rose by four to 35.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Tuesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 7.7%, down from 7.8% the day before, an increase of 0.8% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 7.6%.

Vaccines: As of Tuesday, 87.1% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 61% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county has public vaccine clinics that each offer all three types: Pfizer (12 and older) Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+).

The schedule through Nov. 6:

• Wednesday, Nov. 3, Modesto: Sierra Vista Child and Family Services, 1700 McHenry Village Way, 1-4 p.m.

• Wednesday, Nov. 3, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Thursday, Nov. 4, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Thursday, Nov. 4, Oakdale: Gene Bianchi Community Center, 110 S. Second, 1-4 p.m.

• Thursday, Nov. 4, Ceres: Cesar Chavez Junior High School Multipurpose Room, 2701 Eastgate Blvd., 3-6 p.m.

• Friday, Nov. 5, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Friday, Nov. 5, Denair: Denair Middle School Coyote Center, 3701 Lester Road, 2-5 p.m.

• Friday, Nov. 5, Modesto: Modesto High School Auditorium, 18 H St., 3-6 p.m.

• Saturday, Nov. 6, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Saturday, Nov. 6, Turlock: Starbucks, 824 N. Golden State Blvd., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

For more clinic information, click here.

California has administered 54,511,378 vaccine doses as of Tuesday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 13th in the country, with 137,961 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 Tuesday:

• 53.1% are female
• 46.9% male
• 11.3% are 14 years or younger
• 16.4% are ages 15 to 24
• 18.8% 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 49.8% of the positive cases, whites are 31.3%, Asians are 4.2%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 29,778 positive cases
• Turlock has 10,175
• Ceres has 7,892
• Riverbank has 3,614
• Patterson has 3,322
• Oakdale has 2,767
• Newman has 1,580
• Waterford has 1,079
• Hughson has 894
• Supervisorial District 3 has 4,026
• District 5 has 3,481
• District 2 has 3,202
• District 1 has 1,992
• District 4 has 658

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

• San Joaquin County has 1,775 COVID-19-related deaths among 99,936 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 691 deaths among 43,784 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 124 deaths among 7,398 cases.
• Mariposa County has 17 deaths among 1,438 cases.

As of Tuesday evening, there were 4,932,199 confirmed cases in California and 72,111 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 46,140,509 U.S. cases and 748,173 deaths.

This story was originally published November 3, 2021 at 5:05 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.