COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officials say another eight people have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday, bringing the total of 793 cases to date. Of the new cases, four are from the Lake Tahoe region, two from El Dorado Hills, one from Greater Placerville and one from South County. In those counts, four are aged 18-49, three aged 50-64 and one aged 65 or older.

An additional 350 people have been tested for coronavirus. There were 342 negative test results received today and 24 assumed recoveries. The current assume positive case load is 157 in the county.

Two people were able to check out of the hospital, leaving two people in the ICU and there are currently no suspected cases in Barton or Marshall hospitals.

The new 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: symptom onset date diagnosis date specimen collection date date received or date of death and serves as the best approximation of the date of infection.

The rate of new cases in El Dorado County, as shown on the dashboard, 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 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 4 percent, and the 14-day rate of new cases is 120. The Lake Tahoe region is High (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100 or greater) along with El Dorado Hills. Much of the balance of the county is Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99).

County-wide there have been 793 cases with 378 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 18, 7 in last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 176, 41 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 26, 2 in the last 14 days, 21 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 18, 8 in the last 14 days, 55 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 88, 26 in the last 14 days, 71 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 82, 22 in the last 14 days, 62 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 7, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 378, 93 in the last 14 days, 307 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 twenty new cases and ten recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 836, with 669 recoveries, and fifteen deaths, 152 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A female Carson City resident in her 60’s 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.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 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 male Lyon County resident in his 60’s with a 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 80’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 female Lyon County resident in her 40’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 male Lyon County resident under the age of 18 with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Douglas County resident in his 70’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County resident in her 50’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 60’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• An adult female Carson City resident in her teens with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County resident in her 20’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 60’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 Lyon County resident in his 50’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
-371 Total Cases (+7 from 8/11)
-61 Active (+2 from 8/11)
-302 Recovered (+5 from 8/11)
-8 Deaths (+0 from 8/11)

Douglas County - 36 (+0) are in the 89448 and 89449 part of Lake Tahoe
-209 Total (+1 from 8/11)
-33 Active (-3 from 8/11)
-175 Recovered (+4 from 8/11)
-1 Death (+0 from 8/11)

Lyon County
-250 Total (+12 from 8/11)
-58 Active (+12 from 8/11)
-186 Recovered (+0 from 8/11)
- 6 Deaths (+0 from 8/11)

Storey County
-6 Total (+0 from 8/11)
-0 Active (-1 from 8/11)
-6 Recoveries (+1 from 8/11)

TOTAL
-836 Total Cases (+20 from 8/11)
-152 Active (+10 from 8/11)
-669 Recovered (+10 from 8/11)
-15 Deaths (+0 from 8/11)

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/).

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 55 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 5,962 (+55 from 8/11)
Deaths: 124 (+3)
Estimated recoveries: 4,782 (+78)
Active cases: 1,056 (-26)
Currently hospitalized: 79 (-8)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 447 (+16)

68 (-1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 9 (-1) active ones, and no active and two recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Placer County

There have been 36 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday. County officials say the statewide reporting system is experiencing processing delays and figures may be underestimated.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 14 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 62 (+0) in Kings Beach, 8 (+0) in Olympic Village, 16 (+0) in Truckee, 6 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 11.1 percent positive, and 14-day case rate is 121.6 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 18 percent, 14-day increase is 33 percent.

2,413 cases (+36) with 113 (+0) in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 61 (-2) with 13 (+1) in ICU
Deaths - 26 (+2)
Negative test results - 40,926 (+513)
Likely recoveries - 1,947 (+67)

Nevada County

There were no new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County or the Truckee area though some changed due to location updates.

Confirmed cases - 355 (-2) with 161 (+1) in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 309 (+3)
Active Cases - 45 (-5)
Deaths - 1 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 2 (-2)
Patients tested for the week - 14,259 (+0)

Alpine County

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