COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officials say another 98 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 16 are in El Dorado Hills, 19 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 24 in Greater Placerville, 8 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 9 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 7 in North County, 2 in South County, 12 in Lake Tahoe region. There is one less awaiting address confirmation, awaiting address confirmation for 10.

One of those new cases, six are under the age of 18, 50 are aged 18-49, 23 are aged 50-64, and 19 aged 65 or older.

Another 335 people were tested for the coronavirus and 237 negative tests results were received.

There have been another 53 assumed recoveries with 951 assumed active cases.

There are currently 13 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with one of them in the ICU and no suspected cases hospitalized. According to the state's website, six of those hospitalized are at Barton Health and the remaining seven and ICU patient at Marshall Hospital.

To date there have been five deaths. Public Health Officer said Wednesday there have been four other deaths the county is waiting on the 'cause of death' on their death certificate. The recently announced death was from this group. He was a man from South Lake Tahoe aged 65 or over.

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 10.5 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 452 (+27) (these figures do not include today's data).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 25.4
Positivity rate: 8.9%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 12.1%

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 2,735 cases with 995 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 120, 51 in last 14 days, 376
per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 708, 217 in the last 14 days, 511 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 88, 32 in the last 14 days, 340 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 100, 44 in the last 14 days, 304
per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 299, 84 in the last 11 days, 229 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 388, 129 in the last 14 days, 365 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 27, 10 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 995, 295 in the last 14 days, 975 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 an additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individual was a Storey County resident.

We are also reporting 144 new cases and 154 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 5,349, with 3,004 recoveries and 54 deaths; 2,291 cases remain active.

Carson City
-2,745 Total Cases (+57 from 12/2)
-1,086 Active (-79 from 12/2)
-1,633 Recovered (+136 from 12/2)
-26 Deaths (+0 from 12/2)

Douglas County (Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 108 (+0) and 47 active cases (+0)
-1,121 Total (+41 from 12/2)
-557 Active (+33 from 12/2)
-559 Recovered (+8 from 12/2)
-5 Deaths (+0 from 12/2)

Lyon County
-1,424 Total (+46 from 12/2)
-621 Active (+36 from 12/2)
-782 Recovered (+10 from 12/2)
-21 Deaths (+0 from 12/2)

Storey County
-59 Total (+0 from 12/2)
-28 Active (-1 from 12/2)
-30 Recoveries (+0 from 12/2)
-2 Deaths (+1 from 12/2)

TOTAL
-5,349 Total Cases (+144 from 12/2)
-2,291 Active Cases (-11 from 12/2)
-3,004 Recovered (+154 from 12/2)
-54 Deaths (+1 from 12/2)

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 50 (-7) people hospitalized with (-1) of them in the ICU. There are 0 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 108 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 10 (+0) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 1 (+0) of them in the ICU along with no suspected cases. 50 percent of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 628 new COVID-19 cases and 9 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 26,498 (+628) from 12/2
Deaths: 304 (+9)
Estimated recoveries: 15,687 (+102)
Active cases: 10,507 (+517)

Currently hospitalized: 284 (+4) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 19
Currently in ICU: 85 (+14)
On ventilators: 42

174 (+3) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 55 (+11) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 77%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1293 - 91%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 130 - 56%

Placer County

There have been 162 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Tuesday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 72 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 182 (+2) in Kings Beach, 25 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 41 (+1) in Truckee, 20 (+1) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 7.3 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 27.1 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 3.8 percent, 14-day increase is 15.2 percent.

South Placer - 263.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 231.1 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 134.2 cases per 100,000

6,784 cases (+162) with 366 (+5) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 123 (+7) with 21 (+4) in ICU
Deaths - 72 (+1)
Negative test results - 161,118
Likely recoveries - 5,818 (+205)

Nevada County

There are 41 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 18 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 1,517 (+62) with 505 (+6) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,094 (+20)
Active Cases - 408 (+37)
Deaths - 15 (+5)
Hospitalizations - 17 (+0)
Patients tested for the week - 28,805 (+0)

Alpine County

Alpine County has moved to the red tier.

Confirmed Cases - 57 (+6)
Active Cases - 6 (+2)
Likely recovered - 51 (+4)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 3 (+1)