COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officials say another 52 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 15 are in El Dorado Hills, five in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, four in North County, one in South County, eight in Greater Placerville, eight in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, and 11 in Lake Tahoe region.

One of those new cases, three are under the age of 18, 31 are aged 18-49, 15 are aged 50-64, and three aged 65 or older.

Another 374 people were tested for the coronavirus and 322 negative tests results were received.

There have been another 13 assumed recoveries with 455 assumed active cases.

There are currently eight COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Marshall or Barton hospital with four of them in the ICU and one suspected case hospitalized.

The county moved into the purple tier November 17.

To move to the yellow/minimal tier, the average daily rate of new cases needs to be less than one per 100,000 residents, and positivity rate of less than two percent for the previous two weeks. This cannot be done until being in the orange tier for three weeks at a minimum.

The County 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 7-day positivity rate for El Dorado County is 5.1 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 202 (+8) (these figures do not include today's data).

The Lake Tahoe region of the county is in the High Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100) and is joined there by El Dorado/Diamond Springs, Shingle Springs/Cameron Park/Rescue, El Dorado Hills, Placerville and now Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz and North County, South County is in the Moderate Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99). No region is in the low tier (25 or less per 100,000 for last 14 days).

County-wide there have been 1,899 cases with 710 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 77, 21 in last 14 days, 155 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 500, 96 in the last 14 days, 26 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 56, 13 in the last 14 days, 138 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 55, 18 in the last 14 days, 124 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 221, 44 in the last 11 days, 120 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 259, 54 in the last 14 days, 153 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 18, 3 in the last 14 days, 29 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 710, 140 in the last 14 days, 463 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

We are reporting 42 new cases and 46 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 2,835, with 2,094 recoveries and 27 deaths; 714 cases remain active.

Carson City
-1545 Total Cases (+22 from 11/18)
-612 Active (-3 from 11/18)
-922 Recovered (+25 from 11/18)
-11 Deaths (+0 from 11/18)

Douglas County (Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 59 (+0) and 0 active cases (+0)
-516 Total (+15 from 11/18)
-40 Active (+8 from 11/18)
-474 Recovered (+7 from 11/18)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 11/18)

Lyon County
-743 Total (+4 from 11/18)
-58 Active (-10 from 11/18)
-671 Recovered (+14 from 11/18)
-14 Deaths (+0 from 11/18)

Storey County
-31 Total (+1 from 11/18)
-4 Active (+1 from 11/18)
-27 Recoveries (+0 from 11/18)

TOTAL
-2,835 Total Cases (+42 from 11/18)
-714 Active Cases (-4 from 11/18)
-2094 Recovered (+46 from 11/18)
-27 Deaths (+0 from 11/18)

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/.

In Carson City there are currently 45 people hospitalized with 8 of them in the ICU. There is 1 suspected case of COVID-19 in the hospital and 3 suspected in the ICU.

In Douglas County there are currently 9 people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 1 of them in the ICU along with 1 suspected case in the ICU.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 304 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 20,046 (+304) from 11/18
Deaths: 227 (+5)
Estimated recoveries: 13,799 (+157)
Active cases: 6,020 (+142)
Currently hospitalized: 234 (+4) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 50 (+4)
Currently in ICU: 54 (+1)

133 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 24 (+1) active ones, and on new active case and two recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 73%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1305 - 85%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 137 - 59%

Placer County

There have been 99 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 56 (+5) are in Tahoe City, 165 (-1) in Kings Beach, 18 (+1) in Olympic Valley, 39 (+0) in Truckee, 18 (-1) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 6.1 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 15.1 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 9.7 percent, 14-day increase is 19.6 percent.

South Placer - 272.8 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 142.6 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 177.9 cases per 100,000

5,642 cases (+99) with 316 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 80 (+8) with 10 (+1) in ICU
Deaths - 66 (+1)
Negative test results - 142,384 (+1,243)
Likely recoveries - 4,649 (+73)

Nevada County

There are 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with seven of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 948 (+14) with 349 (+7) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 738 (+11)
Active Cases - 201 (+3)
Deaths - 9 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 8 (+4)
Patients tested for the week - 25,766 (0)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 39 (+0)
Active Cases - 11 (+0)
Likely recovered - 28 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 2 (+0)