COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe and surrounding counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There were two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado County on Friday, both in the Lake Tahoe region. Both of the cases are male, one 18-49 years old and the 50-64 years old.

179 more people were tested in the county with a total now of 3,903. The goal of health officials is 132 per day. There are two free testing sites for those without symptoms in the county that will test anyone with an appointment, one in Shingle Springs and the other in South Lake Tahoe.

There have now been 52 recoveries and there are currently 12 active cases in the county.

To date, 64 COVID-19 cases in the county with 22 in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Kyburz, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino,Kyburz - 2 (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 19 (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 3 (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 3 (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 - 4 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 22 (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 60s with underlying health conditions.

There are 46 COVID-19-related deaths in Washoe County.

In addition, there were 36 new cases of COVID-19 in Washoe County with seven recoveries.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 1,190 (+36 from 5/14)
Deaths: 46 (+1)
Recoveries: 582 (+7)
Active cases: 562 (+28)
Currently hospitalized: 55 (+4)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 103 (+0)

Hospital bed and ventilator information
According to the Nevada Hospital Association, in Washoe County as of May 14, 2020:

67 percent of all staffed short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (+2% since May 13)
46 percent of the all Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (+1%)
15 percent of all ventilators are in use (-4%)
NOTE: Numbers are for all hospital patients in Washoe County and not just COVID-19 patients.

Total number of COVID-19 tests performed in Washoe County as of May 14, 2020

Total number of COVID-19 tests performed in Washoe County: 15,327 (+392 from 5/13)

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

Quad-County Emergency Operations Center (Quad EOC) is reporting three new positive cases and three recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 137, with 90 recoveries and two deaths, 45 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A female Carson City resident in her 20’s
• A female Lyon County resident in her 30’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 20’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 cases will be released.

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 cases will be released.

Carson City
-65 Total
-19 Active
-44 Recovered
-2 Deaths

Douglas County
-24 Total
-4 Active
-20 Recovered

Lyon County
-47 Total
-21 Active
-26 Recovered

Storey County
-1 Total
-1 Active
-0 Recoveries

TOTAL
-137 Total Cases
-45 Active
-90 Recovered
-2 Deaths
-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
-1,798 Individuals Tested
-1,799 Results Received
-1 Positive Test Results
-1,798 Negative Test Results

Placer County

There have been two new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Thursday.

174 cases with 11 in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 3 (-6) with 0 (-3) in ICU
Deaths - 8 (+0)
Negative test results - 6,745 (+332) 7077

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 on Friday.

Confirmed cases - 41 with 29 in the East County (Truckee)
Recovered - 40 (+0)
Active Cases - 0
Deaths - 1
Patients tested - 1,865 (+0)