COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 173 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. This includes the approximate 200 positive cases that needed to be assigned to a region. Of those, 37 are in El Dorado Hills, 22 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 34 in Greater Placerville, 5 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 3 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 5 in North County, 0 in South County, 51 in Lake Tahoe region. There are 16 of the new cases awaiting address confirmation, and the pending address confirmation count is now 90.

One of those new cases, 21 are under the age of 18, 90 are aged 18-49, 47 are aged 50-64, and 15 aged 65 or older.

There have been another 67 assumed recoveries with 1436 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 575 negative results received. Negative test disclaimer: Whereas laboratory-confirmed case numbers reflect only El Dorado County residents, negative results may also include some non-El Dorado County residents whose tests were performed within the county. Total negative results include results for individuals who have been tested more than once. This differs from the count of total confirmed cases, as individuals who test positive on multiple occasions are only counted as a single case. For this reason, these two numbers (total confirmed cases and total negative test results) are not comparable and should not be used together to calculate a positivity rate. Only PCR or NAAT tests (tests that detect viral RNA) are included in this estimate of "Total Negative Test Results". Antigen tests and antibody (serology) tests are not included in this estimate.

There are currently 24 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 13 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 10 of the non-ICU patients and 6 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 14/7 at Marshall. There are currently non suspected cases at either hospital.

To date, eight county residents have died from COVID-19.

The county moved into the purple tier November 17 and started the Stay-at-Home order December 9.

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 abou.t 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 12.1 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 685 (+10).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 37.7
Positivity rate: 13.4%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 14.4%

The whole county is currently in the High Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100). To move down to the Moderate Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99). The Low Tier is 25 or less per 100,000 for last 14 days.

County-wide there have been 3,529 cases with 1178 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 152, 61 in last 14 days, 450 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 885, 293 in the last 14 days, 690 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 107, 44 in the last 14 days, 468 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 138, 64 in the last 14 days, 442 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 428, 185 in the last 11 days, 505 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 519, 217 in the last 14 days, 614 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 32, 11 in the last 14 days, 106 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1178, 361 in the last 14 days, 1193 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 49 new cases and 62 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 6,469, with 3,148 recoveries and 59 deaths; 3,262 cases remain active.

Carson City
-3,328 Total Cases (+9 from 12/8)
-1,602 Active (-23 from 12/8)
-1,698 Recovered (+32 from 12/8)
-28 Deaths (+0 from 12/8)

Douglas County (Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 143 (+0) and 76 active cases (-2)
-1,429 Total (+23 from 12/8)
-831 Active (+14 from 12/8)
-591 Recovered (+9 from 12/8)
-7 Deaths (+0 from 12/8)

Lyon County
-1,649 Total (+17 from 12/8)
-800 Active (-4 from 12/8)
-827 Recovered (+21 from 12/8)
-22 Deaths (+0 from 12/8)

Storey County
-63 Total (+0 from 12/8)
-29 Active (+0 from 12/8)
-32 Recoveries (+0 from 12/8)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/8)

TOTAL
-6,469 Total Cases (+49 from 12/8)
-3,262 Active Cases (-13 from 12/8)
-3,148 Recovered (+62 from 12/8)
-59 Deaths (+0 from 12/8)

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 58 (-1) people hospitalized with 8 (-4) of them in the ICU. There is 7 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 113 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 9 (+2) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 2 (+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 284 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 28,927 (+284) from 12/8
Deaths: 338 (+10)
Estimated recoveries: 16,070 (+732)
Active cases: 11,878 (-367)

Currently hospitalized: 266 (-19) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 18
Currently in ICU: 71 (-6)
On ventilators: 61 - 35%

188 (+2) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 60 (-5) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 75%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1293 - 88%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 138 - 59%

Placer County

There have been 371 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 86 (+4) are in Tahoe City, 197 (+2) in Kings Beach, 28 (+2) in Olympic Valley, 46 (+0) in Truckee, 28 (+1) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 10.7 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 30.9 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 11.3 percent, 14-day increase is 28.8 percent.

South Placer - 502.7 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 490.6 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 202.8 cases per 100,000

8,544 cases (+371) with 408 (+9) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 146 (+4) with 22 (-1) in ICU
Deaths - 85 (+4)
Negative test results - 168,144 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 6,505 (+106)

Nevada County

There are 84 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 40 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 1,895 (+84) with 650 (+40) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,363 (+186)
Active Cases - 513 (-28)
Deaths - 19 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 18 (-4)
Patients tested for the week - 30,380 (+0)

Alpine County

Alpine County has moved to the red tier.

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