COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officials say another 73 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 23 are in El Dorado Hills, seven in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, four in North County, four in Greater Placerville, two in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, three in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 27 in Lake Tahoe region. There are three awaiting address confirmation.

One of those new cases, ten are under the age of 18, 33 are aged 18-49, 24 are aged 50-64, and six aged 65 or older.

Another 306 people were tested for the coronavirus and 233 negative tests results were received.

There have been another 57 assumed recoveries with 577 assumed active cases.

There are currently eleven COVID-19 patients hospitalized with five of them in the ICU and no suspected cases hospitalized.

To date there have been four deaths.

The county moved into the purple tier November 17.

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

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 7.8 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 262 (+2) (these figures do not include today's data).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 15.7
Positivity rate: 6.0%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 6.9%

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 2,091 cases with 775 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 83, 31 in last 14 days, 228 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 551, 123 in the last 14 days, 289 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 58, 11 in the last 14 days, 117 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 66, 27 in the last 14 days, 186 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 239, 57 in the last 11 days, 156 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 281, 63 in the last 14 days, 178 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 19, 4 in the last 14 days, 39 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 775, 174 in the last 14 days, 575 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 & Human Services is reporting an increase in positive cases over the last week. Since November 16, 2020, CCHHS has received over 1,000 positive results for the Quad-County region. Due to the high volume of cases, not all positive cases have been contacted. CCHHS is working to investigate the cases and reduce the back log in positive results.

Due to the increase in positivity rates throughout the Quad-County region, CCHHS must change the case reporting protocol. Previously, cases were not reported until an investigation was completed. Effective today, positive labs received will be reported as an active case and the individuals will be notified of their test result which may be prior to an investigation occurring.

As the positivity rate continues to increase in the Quad-County region, CCHHS encourages everyone to continue practicing preventative actions such as wearing a mask when around people who are not in your household, washing your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds, using hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, practicing social distancing, and staying home as much as possible. As we enter the holiday season, staying diligent and preventing the spread of COVID-19 is even more important.

We are reporting 1,160 new cases and no additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 4,153, with 2,219 recoveries and 33 deaths; 1,901 cases remain active.

Carson City
-2161 Total Cases (+535 from 11/23)
-1172 Active (+535 from 11/23)
-975 Recovered (+0 from 11/23)
-14 Deaths (+0 from 11/23)

Douglas County (Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 59 (+0) and 0 active cases (+0)
-810 Total (+264 from 11/23)
-303 Active (+264 from 11/23)
-504 Recovered (+0 from 11/23)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 11/23)

Lyon County
-1131 Total (+343 from 11/23)
-404 Active (+343 from 11/23)
-711 Recovered (+0 from 11/23)
-16 Deaths (+0 from 11/23)

Storey County
-51 Total (+18 from 11/23)
-22 Active (+18 from 11/23)
-29 Recoveries (+0 from 11/23)

TOTAL
-4,153 Total Cases (+1,160 from 11/23)
-1,901 Active Cases (+1,160 from 11/23)
-2219 Recovered (+0 from 11/23)
-33 Deaths (+0 from 11/23)

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 41 (+1) people hospitalized with 10 (+2) of them in the ICU. There are 11 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital.

In Douglas County there are currently 9 (+0) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 1 (-4) of them in the ICU along with no suspected cases in the ICU.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 319 new COVID-19 cases and six new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 23,726 (+319) from 11/23
Deaths: 252 (+6)
Estimated recoveries: 14,610 (+157)
Active cases: 7,864 (+156)
Currently hospitalized: 230 (=18) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 11
Currently in ICU: 60 (+0)

146 (+3) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 35 (+2) active ones, and on new active case and two recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 71%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1305 - 83%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 128 - 55%

Placer County

There have been 77 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 63 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 172 (+6) in Kings Beach, 21 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 38 (+0) in Truckee, 18 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 6.8 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 18.3 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 11.1 percent, 14-day increase is 23.4 percent.

South Placer - 204.1 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 125.5 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 106.1 cases per 100,000

6,148 cases (+77) with 335 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 92 (+0) with 8 (-2) in ICU
Deaths - 68 (+3)
Negative test results - 149,463 (+1613)
Likely recoveries - 5,000 (-276)

Nevada County

There are 32 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 10 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 1,131 (+32) with 421 (+10) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 826 (+18)
Active Cases - 328 (+14)
Deaths - 9 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 10 (+0)
Patients tested for the week - 27,339 (+0)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 42 (+0)
Active Cases - 9 (+0)
Likely recovered - 28 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 2 (+0)