COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 13 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 3 in El Dorado Hills, 1 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 4 in North County, 3 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 0 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: -1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 99.

Of those new cases, 5 are under the age of 18, 8 are age 18-49, 0 are aged 50-64, and 0 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 11.

There have been another 19 assumed recoveries with 461 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 428 negative results received.

There are currently 1 COVID-19 patient hospitalized and 0 in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 0 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 0 in the ICU, and 1 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall, with 0 in their ICU. There are 0 suspected COVID-positive patients. Also according to the State website, Barton has 4 available ICU beds, Marshall 3.

There have been no additional deaths. Since March 2020 there have been 112 COVID-related deaths in El Dorado County.

With respect to the tier assignment measures (and which color tiers those numbers fall in):

- Adjusted case rate: 9.6 (+0) (Red Tier, Purple Tier is 10+)
- Positivity rate: 3.9% (+0%) (Orange Tier)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 5.6% (+0%) (Red Tier)

The county is in the Orange Tier, effective 4/7/21, and was notified again on 5/4 they will stay in Orange. The numbers below are what is needed to move down to Yellow. All tiers are slated to be gone by June 15.

· Adjusted case rate of less than 1
· Positivity rate of less than 2%
· Health equity quartile positivity rate of less than 2.2%

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

El Dorado County tiers:
High (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100) - Lake Tahoe, North County, Diamond Springs/El Dorado, El Dorado Hills, and Placerville.

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) - Camino/Kyburz/Pollock Pines, Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue.

Low (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 25 or less) - South County

County-wide there have been 10,154 cases with 2,671 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 525, 6 in last 14 days, 44 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2217, 48 in the last 14 days, 113 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 454, 13 in the last 14 days, 138 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 491, 20 in the last 14 days, 138 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1831, 52 in the last 14 days, 142 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,737, 27 in the last 14 days, 76 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 129, 0 in the last 14 days, 0 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2671, 77 in the last 14 days, 255 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad Counties (Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey)

We are reporting 8 new cases and 32 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,639, with 12,090 recoveries and 226 deaths; 323 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,483 Total Cases (+1 from 5/10)
-132 Active (-15 from 5/10)
-6,228 Recovered (+16 from 5/10)
-123 Deaths (+0 from 5/10)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,856 Total (+7 from 5/10)
-80 Active (-1 from 5/10)
-2,741 Recovered (+8 from 5/10)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 5/10)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,191 Total (+0 from 5/10)
-104 Active (-8 from 5/10)
-3,022 Recovered (+8 from 5/10)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 5/10)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-109 Total (+0 from 5/10)
-7 Active (+0 from 5/10)
-99 Recoveries (+0 from 5/10)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 5/10)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,639 Total Cases (+8 from 5/10)
- 323 Cases (-24 from 5/10)
-12,090 Recovered (+32 from 5/10)
-226 Deaths (+0 from 5/10)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 30 additional COVID-19 cases and 68 recoveries.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 45,624 (+30 from 5/10)
Deaths: 671 (+0)
Recovered: 43,176 (+68)
Active cases: 1,777 (-2)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 29 (-2)
Positivity rate: 5%

469 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 27 (-1) active ones. There are 12 (+0) confirmed cases, 0 (+0) active cases, and 12 recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Placer County

There have been 25 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 172 (+0) are in Tahoe City 567.1 cases/100,000, 411 (+1) in Kings Beach 1030.6 cases/100,000, 68 (+0) in Olympic Valley 512.8 cases/100,000, 89 (+0) in Truckee 47.9 cases/100,000, 64 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 557.2 cases/100,000.

The seven-day test rate is 2.8 percent positive, and the average daily case rate for the last 7 days is 6.8 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 0.6 percent, the 14-day increase is 2.0 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 90.8 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 64.2 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 96.7 cases per 100,000 (Second consecutive day since the pandemic began that the eastern portion of the county exceeded the other two areas)

22,635 cases (+25) with 882 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 32 (+0) (14 are residents) with 7 (+1) in ICU (1 are residents)
Deaths - 292 (+1)
Likely recoveries - 21,858 (+43)

Nevada County

There are 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with one of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,739 (+3) with 1312 (+1) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,541 (+18)
Active Cases - 123 (-15)
Deaths - 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 6 (+2)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 88 (+0)
Active Cases - 0 (+0)
Likely recovered - 88 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)