Weekly recap of COVID-19 cases in counties around Lake Tahoe

Weekly roundup of COVID-19 around Lake Tahoe. All except El Dorado County are for the week and El Dorado data is from yesterday.

EL DORADO COUNTY

There have been 212 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths recorded since yesterday in El Dorado County. This brings the total of COVID-19 cases in the county to 24,875. This does not include all at-home tests that may have been positive.

There are now 117 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in the county.

There is an interactive dashboard for the county with extra details here: See HERE.

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 1272 cases - +9
El Dorado Hills - 5464 cases - +45
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 1151 cases - +5
North County - 1284 cases - +7
Greater Placerville - 4252 cases - +51
Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue - 4262 cases - +22
South County -359 cases - +2
Lake Tahoe region - 5963 cases - +48

(23) awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 868)

45 aged 0-17, 99 aged 18-49, 39 aged 50-64, 29 aged 65+; (0) date of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 21)

906 additional negative test results
341 assumed recoveries (19,927)
4793 assumed active cases

To date, 188 El Dorado County residents have died from COVID-19. There were no new deaths recorded today. This count does not include deaths still under investigation.

There are 25 (+1) hospitalized with 4 (-3) in the ICU in El Dorado County. Barton Hospital has 5 hospitalized COVID patients, Marshall Hospital in Placerville has 20. Barton has 1 ICU patienst, Marshall has 3. There is no tracking of patients transferred from El Dorado County hospitals to regional hospitals, or county residents at other hospitals.

Currently, the State's website says there is 1 available ICU bed in the county, 0 at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe, 1 at Marshall in Placerville. Bed capacity fluctuates daily based on many factors; therefore, the data posted on the State's site may not be an accurate depiction of the current situation.

Rates:
Case rate: 117 per 100,000 (-4.1)
Positivity rate: 23.8% (-.4%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 30.9% (+.6%)

Vaccine measures (based on county population, eligible and not eligible).
There are currently 180,786 residents age 5+ that are eligible:

Cumulative fully vaccinated: 114,591 (59.3%) (+.1%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 126,343 (65.4%) (+.1%)

As of Tuesday, January 24, 2022 (updated on Tuesdays):

7-day average daily case rate among El Dorado County residents who are not fully vaccinated: 172.2 per 100,000 (-59.6)
7-day average daily case rate among fully vaccinated residents in El Dorado County: 74.8 per 100,000 (-28.6)
Estimated number of post-vaccination cases to date: 4,217 (+668)

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Across the Quad-County area (Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, and Storey Counties), there were 3,369 new COVID-19 cases in the two-week period from January 9 – January 22, 2022. This is a 55% increase from the previously
reported two-week period. The daily cases reported, based on a seven-day average, over this two-week period was 373.

From January 9 to January 22, 2022, there were 1295 confirmed cases
reported in Douglas County. This represents approximately 25% of all Quad-County cases during this two-week period. There was a 142% increase from the previous two-week period. The zip code in Douglas County that reported the highest number of cases during this two-week period was 89460. There were an average of 92 new cases each day throughout Douglas County.

The zip codes at Lake Tahoe: 89413 (+12), 89449 (+115), and 89448 (+53) new cases during this period.

There were 82 student case investigations completed from January 9 to January 22, 2022. Of these student cases, 92% attended school while infectious. There were eight school faculty members that tested positive for COVID-19. Of these faculty cases, 75% attended school while infectious.

According to the Nevada State COVID-19 Dashboard, approximately 53% of Douglas County residents are fully vaccinated as of January 19, 2022. Carson City Health and Human Services continues to work with community stakeholders on vaccination outreach to increase vaccination rates among the community.

WASHOE COUNTY

Daily New Cases: 798 (-702)
Deaths: 1,059 (+15)
Active Cases: 23,465 (+6,700)
Ages 5+ fully vaccinated: 63.85 (+.12%)
Percent of fully vaccinated people testing positive: 5.39% (+1.19%)
Breakthrough Cases: 14,067 (+3,133)

PLACER COUNTY

Average Daily New Cases: 585.57 (-53.57)
Deaths: 523 (+13)
Total Reinfections: 1,048 (+340)
Total Cases: 55,978 (+4,356)
Post-vaccination cases: 11,701 (+3,496)
Percent of populations vaccinated: 64.4% (+.5%)