Coronavirus update, March 23: Stanislaus adds 104 cases as state tier decision looms
Stanislaus County added one death to COVID-19 and 104 new cases Monday, as it once again awaits word on easing of state rules.
A total of 980 residents have died since last spring, the Health Services Agency reported.
The new positive tests brought the total to 52,137. Stanislaus also has 492,153 negative tests results and 50,561 people who are presumed recovered.
The state will do its weekly update on counties’ tier status Tuesday. Stanislaus aims to move from purple, the most restrictive of the four, to at least red. That would relax limits on business and gatherings.
Other details:
Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 88 patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, down from 91 on Sunday. Staffed intensive care beds available to adults rose to six from five.
Positive rates: On the state dashboard Tuesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the county showed a single-day positivity rate of 5.96%. It’s seven-day rate was 8.57%, up from 8.02% and a 14-day rate of 7.2%, up from 7.16%.
According to the Los Angeles Times daily tracker showed, the county is 11th among the 58 counties when it comes to new cases over the past seven days. It ranks 30th in deaths over the past seven days.
Vaccines: As of Monday, 154,260 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been allocated to Stanislaus County, unchanged for several days. This includes 77,177 doses to health care providers and 77,083 to public health.
The county had vaccinated at a rate of about 328..7 residents per 1,000, which had it performing the best among the San Joaquin Valley counties but below the state average, according to the California Department of Public Health. San Joaquin County is at 304.6 and Merced County is at 269.2. Tuolumne County stands at 452.6. The state average is 422 per 1,000.
Here is this week’s county vaccination schedule. Vaccines are also available at some stores and health-case providers.
- Tuesday, March 23: Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 L St., Modesto; 1st dose only, Pfizer (please make appointment), 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (or until supplies run out).
- Tuesday, March 23: Gladys L. Lemmons Senior Community Center, 450 East A St., Oakdale: 1st dose only, Moderna, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (no appointment necessary).
- Tuesday, March 23: Ceres Community Center (mobile clinic), 2701 4th St., Ceres: 1st dose only, Moderna (no appointment necessary), 9 am.-1 p.m. (or until supplies run out)
- Wednesday, March 24: Geer Road entrance to Stanislaus State University, Turlock: 1st and 2nd dose, Pfizer (no appointment needed), 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (or until supplies run out)
- Thursday, March 25: Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 L St., Modesto; 2nd dose only, Pfizer (no appointment necessary), 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (or until supplies run out).
- Friday, March 26: Hammon Senior Center, 1033 W. Las Palmas Ave., Patterson: 1st dose Moderna (please make appointment), 2nd dose (no appointment necessary), 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (or until supplies run out).
- Friday, March 26: Gladys L. Lemmons Senior Community Center, 450 East A St., Oakdale: 1st dose only, Moderna (please make appointment), 2nd dose (no appointment necessary), 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (or until supplies run out).
- Saturday, March 27: Geer Road entrance to Stanislaus State University, Turlock: 1st dose Pfizer (please make appointment),2nd dose Pfizer (no appointment necessary), 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (or until supplies run out).
More information is on the county dashboard at http://schsa.org/coronavirus/vaccine/.
California has administered 15,050,673 vaccines as of Monday, up from 14,708,175 on Sunday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 32nd in the country, having administered 38,091 doses per 100,000 residents. New Mexico ranks first, Alabama 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 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 Monday:
- 53.6% are female
- 46.4% male
- 8.4% are 14 years or younger
- 16.3% are ages 15 to 24
- 19.3% are 25 to 34
- 17.2% are 35 to 44
- 14.8% are 45 to 54
- 12.1% are 55 to 64
- 6.6% are 65 to 74
- 3.4% are 75 to 84
- 1.9% are 85 or older.
- Though they make up 47 percent of the population, Latinos represented 63.7 percent of the positive cases.
Geographically:
- Modesto has 19,342 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,054
- Ceres has 5,345
- Patterson has 2,503
- Riverbank has 2,408
- Oakdale has 1,732
- Newman has 1,155
- Waterford has 627
- Hughson has 572
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,721
- District 5 has 2,501
- District 2 has 2,164
- District 1 has 1,221
- District 4 has 412
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Monday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,231 COVID-19-related deaths among 68,855 cases.
- Merced County has 429 deaths among 30,257 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 4,014 cases and 62 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 403 cases and seven deaths.
As of Tuesday morning, there were 3,644,448 confirmed cases in California and 57,622 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 29,870,135 U.S. cases and 542,993 deaths.
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This story was originally published March 23, 2021 at 6:02 AM.
