COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officials have confirmed another 13 positive cases of COVID-19 for the county since yesterday. Of those, two are from the Lake Tahoe region, five in El Dorado Hills, three in the Greater Placerville region and three in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue. Two are under the age of 18, seven aged 18-49, three aged 50-64, one aged 65 or older.

160 more tests were administered. There were 147 negative tests returned, 36 assumed recoveries and currently 169 assumed active cases of COVID-19.

At this time there have been no additional deaths, leaving that total at one. To date, one person has died from the virus in El Dorado County, a South Lake Tahoe man.

The State's reporting system, CalREDIE, continues to experience delays impacting our data (due to not getting all the negative results, the County's positivity rate is showing above the State's eight percent threshold for going on the watch/monitoring list). Also, as a result of these delays, the State has paused putting any additional Counties on the watch/monitoring list.

One additional person has been admitted to the hospital. There are currently three people hospitalized with one of those in the ICU. There are no suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital.

At this time the positivity rate shows as 9.9 percent, but that figure is inaccurate do to the state's data issues.

The interactive dashboard for COVID-19 shows all current data in both Spanish and English. The dashboard shows cases by episode date, not by the date El Dorado County Public Health was notified about the new case. Episode date is the earliest of the following dates which serves as the best approximation of the date of infection:
- symptom onset date
- diagnosis date
- specimen collection date
- date received
- date of death

The rate of new cases in El Dorado County is the number of cases received in the state’s electronic lab reporting system (CalREDIE) over a 14-day period. The 14-day case rate being used to make the determination for whether or not a county is on the monitoring list is being calculated using episode date.

The 7-day positivity rate for El Dorado County is 9.9 percent, and the 14-day rate of new cases is 111. The Lake Tahoe and El Dorado Hills regions are High (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100 or greater). Much of the balance of the county is Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99).

The new dashboard also shows a graph of all cases, to date, or the estimated date a person become infected.

County-wide there have been 729 cases with 353 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 17, 7 in last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 162, 44 in the last 14 days, 104 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 25, 2 in the last 14 days, 21 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 14, 5 in the last 14 days, 35 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 77, 24 in the last 14 days, 66 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs - 76, 26 in the last 14 days, 74 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 5, 1 in the last 14 days, 10 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 353, 102 in the last 14 days, 337 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

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting eighteen new cases and seven additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 764, with 622 recoveries, and fourteen deaths, 128 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A male Lyon County resident under the age of 18 with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 40’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident under the age of 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident under the age of 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Douglas County resident under the age of 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Douglas County resident under the age of 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Douglas County resident under the age of 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 60’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County resident in her 20’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 20’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Douglas County resident in her 30’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 40’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 30’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident under the age of 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• An adult male Douglas County resident in his teens with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 70’s with no connection to a previously reported case.

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
-339 Total Cases (+9 from 8/6)
-46 Active (+5 from 8/6)
-284 Recovered (+4 from 8/6)
-8 Deaths (+0 from 8/6)

Douglas County - 31 (+1) are in the 89448 and 89449 part of Lake Tahoe
-199 Total (+5 from 8/6)
-40 Active (+2 from 8/6)
-159 Recovered (+3 from 8/6)

Lyon County
-222 Total (+4 from 8/6)
-42 Active (+4 from 8/6)
-174 Recovered (+0 from 8/6)
- 6 Deaths (+0 from 8/6)

Storey County
-4 Total (+0 from 8/6)
-0 Active (+0 from 8/6)
-4 Recoveries (+0 from 8/6)

TOTAL
-764 Total Cases (+18 from 8/6)
-12 Active (+11 from 8/6)
-622 Recovered (+7 from 8/6)
-14 Deaths (+0 from 8/6)

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

For those who are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or have questions, call the Quad-County COVID-19 Hotline Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Spanish speakers are available. The phone number is (775) 283-4789.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 88 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 5,715 (+88 from 8/6)
Deaths: 118 (+0)
Estimated recoveries: 4,422 (+74)
Active cases: 1,175 (+14)
Currently hospitalized: 85 (-3)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 418 (+13)

68 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 10 (+1) active ones, and no active and two recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Placer County

There have been 60 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday. County officials say the statewide reporting system is experiencing processing delays and figures may be underestimated.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 12 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 52 (+1) in Kings Beach, 7 (+0) in Olympic Village, 16 (+0) in Truckee, 5 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 10 percent positive, and 14-day case rate is 95.1 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 14.5 percent, 14-day increase is 31 percent.

2,099 cases (+60) with 100 (+3) in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 63 (+4) with 12 (+2) in ICU
Deaths - 20 (+0)
Negative test results - 37,902 (+473)
Likely recoveries - 1,786 (+44)

Nevada County

There was one new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with no new cases in the Truckee area.

Confirmed cases - 322 (+1) with 156 (+0) in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 300 (+0)
Active Cases - 21 (+1)
Deaths - 1 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 2 (+1)
Patients tested for the week - 13,183 (+0)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 2 (+0)
Active Cases - 0 (-0)
Likely recovered - 2 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0