COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 182 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday. Of those, 44 are in El Dorado Hills, 36 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 19 in Greater Placerville, 10 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 12 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 8 in North County, 6 in South County, 38 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 9. Total now awaiting address5 confirmation: 114.

Of those new cases, 25 are under the age of 18, 77 are age 18-49, 54 are aged 50-64, and 25 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: 1. Total birthdate unknown to date: 9

There have been another 209 assumed recoveries with 1426 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 2,284 negative results received. Negative test disclaimer: Whereas laboratory-confirmed case numbers reflect only El Dorado County residents, negative results may also include some non-El Dorado County residents whose tests were performed within the county. Total negative results include results for individuals who have been tested more than once. This differs from the count of total confirmed cases, as individuals who test positive on multiple occasions are only counted as a single case. For this reason, these two numbers (total confirmed cases and total negative test results) are not comparable and should not be used together to calculate a positivity rate. Only PCR or NAAT tests (tests that detect viral RNA) are included in this estimate of "Total Negative Test Results". Antigen tests and antibody (serology) tests are not included in this estimate.

There are currently 23 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 9 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 4 of the non-ICU patients and 3 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 19/6 at Marshall. There is one suspected case at Barton. Also according to the State website, Barton has 2 available ICU beds, Marshall 0, but as previously shared before, each hospital can expand their capacity depending on staff and other variables. El Dorado County is part of the Sacramento Region. As a region there is 9.9 percent ICU bed availability. The four-week projection of availability has met the criteria to exit the latest stay-at-home order.

There have been three additional deaths, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 62:

- 65+, Female from Lake Tahoe Region
- 65+, Female from South County
- 65+, Female from El Dorado Hills

The county moved into the purple tier November 17 and was under a Stay-at-Home order from December 10 to January 12. To move from purple down to red, or "substantial," the daily new cases need to be 4-7 per 100,000 and the county needs a 5 percent to 8 percent positive test rate. In that range, schools can open for in-person learning after being in red tier for 14 days.

To view the interactive dashboard: http://eldoradocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/b5315baf88c34be996a16c6f0b8fdcfb

The County dashboard shows cases by episode date, not by the date El Dorado County Public Health was notified abou.t the new case. Episode date is the earliest of the following dates: (symptom onset date, diagnosis date, specimen collection date, date received, or date of death) and serves as the best approximation of the date of infection.

The 7-day positivity rate for El Dorado County is 9.1 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 574 (-67).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 35.3
Positivity rate: 10.2%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 11.7%

The whole county is currently in the High Tier
(case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100). South County has moved back up from the Moderate Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99). The Low Tier is 25 or less per 100,000 for last 14 days.

County-wide there have been 8,184 cases with 2,188 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 447, 63 in last 14 days, 464 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1728, 234 in the last 14 days, 551 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 386, 58 in the last 14 days, 617 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 360, 45 in the last 14 days, 311 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1481, 182 in the last 14 days, 497 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,384, 194 in the last 14 days, 549 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 96, 12 in the last 14 days, 116 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2188, 287 in the last 14 days, 949 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon

TODAY we are reporting 1 additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individual was a male Carson City resident in his 80's

We are also reporting 101 new cases and 299 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region and five deaths since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 10,625, with 6,237 recoveries and 181 deaths; 4,207 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,650 Total Cases (+35 from 1/22)
-2,286 Active (-107 from 1/22)
-3,264 Recovered (+138 from 1/22)
-100 Deaths (+4 from 1/22)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,350 Total (+26 from 1/22)
-991 Active (-59 from 1/22)
-1,390 Recovered (+84 from 1/22)
-28 Deaths (+1 from 1/22)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,554 Total (+39 from 1/22)
-1,007 Active (-35 from 1/22)
-1,531 Recovered (+74 from 1/22)
-51 Deaths (+0 from 1/22)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-71 Total (+1 from 1/22)
-17 Active (-2 from 1/22)
-52 Recoveries (+3 from 1/22)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 1/22)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-10,625 Total Cases (+101 from 1/22)
-4,207 Active Cases ( -203 from 1/22)
-6,237 Recovered (+299 from 1/22)
-181 Deaths (+5 from 1/22)

In Carson City there are currently 18 (-1) people hospitalized with 5 (+0) of them in the ICU. There are 4 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 92% of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 7 (+1) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 2 (+2) of them in the ICU along with 0 suspected cases. 50% of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 412 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths in Washoe County since Friday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 40,624 (+412)
Deaths: 584 (+6)
Estimated recoveries: 27096 (+1117)
Active cases: 12,944 (-711)

(+9) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 124 (+4) active ones. There are 6 (+0) confirmed cases, 3 (+0) active cases, and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Currently hospitalized: 143 (-12) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 11
Currently in ICU: 32 (-6)
Total patients on ventilators: 41 - 23%

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 65%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1494 - 66%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 106 - 45%

Placer County

The following information is from their last update Friday. They did not update their website Monday:

There have been 91 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 133 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 295 (+4) in Kings Beach, 49 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 64 (+0) in Truckee, 43 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 9.7 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 36.1 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 2.5 percent, 14-day increase is 11.5 percent.

South Placer - 493.8 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 363.7 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 181.0 cases per 100,000

17,675 cases (+91) with 636 (+4) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 95 (-7} (43 are residents) with 21 (+0) in ICU (6 are residents)
Deaths - 188 (+2)
Likely recoveries - 14682 (+257)

Nevada County

There are 63 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 7 of those new cases near the Truckee area since Friday.

Confirmed cases - 3,355 (+63) with 1004 (+7) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 2,741 (+56)
Active Cases - 541 (+8)
Deaths - 73 (-1)
Hospitalizations - 12 (+4)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 73 (+0)
Active Cases - 0 (+0)
Likely recovered - 73 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)