COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 99 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, 40 are in El Dorado Hills, 14 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 18 in Greater Placerville, 7 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 5in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 4 in North County, 2 in South County, 6 in Lake Tahoe region. There are 3 of the new cases awaiting address confirmation, and the pending address confirmation count is now 93.

One of those new cases, 12 are under the age of 18, 43 are aged 18-49, 17 are aged 50-64, and 27 aged 65 or older.

There have been another 56 assumed recoveries with 1479 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 525 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 25 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 11 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 15/6 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 starts the Stay-at-Home order December 10 at 11:59 p.m.

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 12.4 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 702 (+17).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 39.4
Positivity rate: 13.3%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 13.2%

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 3,628 cases with 1184 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 157, 63 in last 14 days, 464 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 925, 306 in the last 14 days, 720 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 114, 47 in the last 14 days, 500 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 142, 64 in the last 14 days, 442 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 446, 199 in the last 11 days, 543 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 533, 220 in the last 14 days, 622 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 35, 12 in the last 14 days, 116 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1184, 359 in the last 14 days, 1187 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 9 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region.
The individuals were:
• A male Carson City resident in his 70’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 60’s
• A male Douglas County resident in his 70’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 70’s
• A female Carson City resident in her 90’s
• A female Douglas County resident in her 80’s
• A female Douglas County resident in her 90’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 20’s
• A female Carson City resident in her 70’s

We are also reporting 308 new cases and 164 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 6,777, with 3,312 recoveries and 68 deaths; 3,397 cases remain active.

Carson City
-3,571 Total Cases (+243 from 12/9)
-1,776 Active (+174 from 12/9)
-1,763 Recovered (+65 from 12/9)
-32 Deaths (+4 from 12/9)

Douglas County (Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 144 (+1) and 75 active cases (-1)
-1,473 Total (+44 from 12/9)
-821 Active (-10 from 12/9)
-642 Recovered (+51 from 12/9)
-10 Deaths (+3 from 12/9)

Lyon County
-1,670 Total (+21 from 12/9)
-774 Active (-26 from 12/9)
-872 Recovered (+45 from 12/9)
-24 Deaths (+2 from 12/9)

Storey County
-63 Total (+0 from 12/9)
-26 Active (-3 from 12/9)
-35 Recoveries (+3 from 12/9)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/9)

TOTAL
-6,777 Total Cases (+308 from 12/9)
-3,397 Active Cases (+135 from 12/9)
-3,312 Recovered (+164 from 12/9)
-68 Deaths (+9 from 12/9)

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 59 (+1) people hospitalized with 10 (+2) of them in the ICU. There is 11 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 92 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 10 (+1) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 3 (+1) of them in the ICU along with no suspected cases. 75 percent of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 599 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 29,526 (+599) from 12/9
Deaths: 345 (+7)
Estimated recoveries: 17,000 (+930)
Active cases: 12,181 (+303)

Currently hospitalized: 267 (+1) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 13
Currently in ICU: 61 (-10)
Total patients on ventilators: 52 - 30%

189 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 60 (+0) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 73%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1231 - 90%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 137 - 59%

Placer County

There have been 316 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 87 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 201 (+4) in Kings Beach, 28 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 45 (-1) in Truckee, 28 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 11.7 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 36.6 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 12.3 percent, 14-day increase is 30.2 percent.

South Placer - 564.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 513.5 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 202.8 cases per 100,000

8,860 cases (+316) with 419 (+11) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 162 (+16) with 21 (-1) in ICU
Deaths - 89 (+4)
Negative test results - 172,052 (+3908)
Likely recoveries - 6,615 (+110)

Nevada County

There are 27 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 18 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 1,922 (+27) with 668 (+18) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,373 (+10)
Active Cases - 528 (+15)
Deaths - 21 (+2)
Hospitalizations - 13 (-5)
Patients tested for the week - 30,380 (+0)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 63 (+6)
Active Cases - 4 (-2)
Likely recovered - 58 (+8)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 3 (+0)