COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe and surrounding counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Once again there were no additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado County. There were no additional recoveries. Out of the 54 confirmed cases there are nine active cases.

165 additional tests were administered, bringing the total administered to 2,935.

Twenty people in the Lake Tahoe region of the county have tested positive. This region includes South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Kyburz, and Tahoma.

Totals for the county:

Pollock Pines, Camino,Kyburz - 1 (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 19 (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 0 (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 2 (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 5 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs - 6 (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 1 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 20 (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting an additional COVID-19-related death in Washoe County: A female in her 70s with underlying health conditions.

This is the 39th COVID-19-related death in Washoe County.

Additionally, there were 35 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional recoveries.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 1,065 (+35 from 5/7)
Deaths: 39 (+1)
*Recoveries: 466 (+10)
Active cases: 560 (+24)
Currently hospitalized: 43 (-4)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 92 (+6)

*Thursday’s release incorrectly stated there were 431 recoveries, which was not updated. The actual number was 456.

Hospital bed and ventilator information
In Washoe County as of May 7, 2020:

54 percent of staffed short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (-8% since May 6)
39 percent of the Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (+4%)
12 percent of ventilators are in use (-7%)

The number of staffed beds in Washoe County does not include alternate care sites such as the one at Renown Regional Medical Center.

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

Quad-County Emergency Operations Center (Quad EOC) is reporting one new positive case and three additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 111, with 72 recoveries and one death, 38 cases remain active.

The new case is:
• A male Douglas County resident in his 70’s

Carson City Health and Human Services is working to identify close risk contacts to prevent further spread of the disease. Due to medical privacy requirements and to protect their identity, no further information about the case will be released.

Carson City
-51 Total
-17 Active
-33 Recovered
-1 Death

Douglas County
-23 Total
-4 Active
-19 Recovered

Lyon County
-37 Total
-17 Active
-20 Recovered

Storey County
-0 Cases

TOTAL
-111 Total Cases
-38 Active
-72 Recovered
-1 Death
-3 Hospitalizations

Gender and age break down of the cases by county is available at https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/novel-coronavirus-2019/. Statewide numbers can be found at the Nevada Health Response website (nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/).

Community-Based COVID-19 Testing for Those Without Symptoms
-927 Individuals Tested
-400 Results Received
-0 Positive Test Results
-400 Negative Test Results

Placer County

There were no new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County Friday.

165 cases with 11 in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 9 (-2) with 3 (+3) in ICU
Deaths - 8 (+0)
Negative test results - 5,644 (+226)

Alpine County

There have only been updates to the county's testing figures. The two positive case numbers have not risen in a few weeks. The figures below are the last ones reported on April 27 and there have been no changes.

Number Patients Tested - 13
Negative - 11
Pending - 0
Positive - 2 (one a non-Alpine County Resident)
Hospitalized - 0
Deaths - 0
Recovered - 1

Nevada County

There were no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County Thursday.

Confirmed cases - 41 with 29 in the East County (Truckee)
Recovered - 40 (+0)
Active Cases - 0
Deaths - 1
Patients tested - 1,469 (0)