Coronavirus update, March 25: Stanislaus adds 3 deaths, 44 cases on 1st red tier day
Stanislaus County announced three deaths to COVID-19 and 44 new cases Wednesday, as a relaxed set of rules took effect.
The death toll now stands at 985 residents since the first was reported on April 10, 2020, the Health Services Agency said.
The new positive tests raised the total to 52,241. Stanislaus also has 495,932 negative tests results and 50,716 people who are presumed recovered.
The county emerged Wednesday from the state’s purple tier, the most restrictive of the four for business and gatherings. It is now in red, with fewer limits but still concern about the state of the virus.
Other details:
Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 91 patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, up from 83 on Tuesday. Staffed intensive care beds available to adults were at 11, up from six.
Positive rates: On the state dashboard Tuesday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the county showed a single-day positivity rate of 6.08%, down from 5.88% a day earlier. Its seven-day rate was 8.52%, down from 8.8%. The 14-day rate was 6.51%, down from 7.44%.
According to the Los Angeles Times daily tracker showed, the county is 14th among the 58 counties when it comes to new cases over the past seven days. It ranks 26th in deaths over the past seven days.
Vaccines: As of Wednesday, 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 has vaccinated at a rate of 341.7 residents per 1,000, 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 314.8 and Merced County is at 276.2. The state average is 390.6 per 1,000.
Here is this week’s county vaccination schedule. Vaccines are also available at some stores and health-case providers.
- 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 15,691,888 vaccines as of Wednesday, up from 15,349,039 on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker. The state ranks 32nd in the country, having administered 39,714 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 Wednesday:
- 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 19,428 positive cases
- Turlock has 7,071
- Ceres has 5,355
- Patterson has 2,510
- Riverbank has 2,421
- Oakdale has 1,743
- Newman has 1,155
- Waterford has 630
- Hughson has 575
- Supervisorial District 3 has 2,734
- District 5 has 2,511
- District 2 has 2,174
- District 1 has 1,233
- District 4 has 413
Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties through Wednesday:
- San Joaquin County has 1,244 COVID-19-related deaths among 69,187 cases.
- Merced County has 431 deaths among 30,340 cases.
- Tuolumne County has 4,020 cases and 62 deaths.
- Mariposa County has 406 cases and seven deaths.
As of Thursday morning, there were 3,649,727 confirmed cases in California and 57,975 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 30,011,550 U.S. cases and 545,282 deaths.
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This story was originally published March 25, 2021 at 5:00 AM.
