COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Due to an internal issue at El Dorado County there will be no updates on figures Friday. They are reporting 90 new cases but no other information is available. Figures provided on Monday will include Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

We can tell you there are currently 25 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the county with 9 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 11 of the non-ICU patients and 3 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 14/6 at Marshall. There are currently no suspected cases at Barton.

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

Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon

We are reporting 5 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region.
The individuals were:
• A female Carson City resident in her 50’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 60’s
• A male Douglas County resident in his 70’s
• A female Lyon County resident in her 70’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 80’s

CCHHS is also reporting 176 new cases and 29 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 8,162, with 4,499 recoveries and 86 deaths; 4,499 cases remain active.

Carson City
-4,485 Total Cases (+100 from 12/17)
-2,545 Active (+81 from 12/17)
-1,899 Recovered (+18 from 12/17)
-41 Deaths (+1 from 12/17)

Douglas County - Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 170 (+1) and 97 (-2) active cases
-1,703 Total (+45 from 12/17)
-985 Active (+39 from 12/17)
-711 Recovered (+5 from 12/17)
-12 Deaths (+1 from 12/17)

Lyon County
-1,904 Total (+31 from 12/17)
-944 Active (+22 from 12/17)
-929 Recovered (+6 from 12/17)
-31 Deaths (+3 from 12/17)

Storey County
-65 Total (+0 from 12/17)
-25 Active (+0 from 12/17)
-38 Recoveries (+0 from 12/17)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/17)

TOTAL
-8,162 Total Cases (+176 from 12/17)
-4,499 Active Cases (+142 from 12/17)
-3,577 Recovered (+29 from 12/17)
-86 Deaths (+5 from 12/17)

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 63 (+1) people hospitalized with 14 (+0) of them in the ICU. There are 4 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 79 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 9 (+0) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 2 (+0) of them in the ICU along with 2 suspected cases. 75 percent of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 512 new COVID-19 cases and 15 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 32,552 (+512) from 12/17
Deaths: 404 (+15)
Estimated recoveries: 18,505 (+654)
Active cases: 13,643 (-157)

Currently hospitalized: 309 (+4) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 6
Currently in ICU: 81 (+9)
Total patients on ventilators: 52 - 31 %

214 (+4) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 74 (-1) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 74%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1291 - 87%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 149 - 64%

Placer County

There have been 222 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 98 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 223 (+1) in Kings Beach, 34 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 52 (+1) in Truckee, 32 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 12.5 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 47.8 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 12.1 percent, 14-day increase is 31.8 percent.

South Placer - 774.4 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 681.8 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 262.1 cases per 100,000

10,776 cases (+222) with 477 (+4) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 170 (+3) with 25 (+3) in ICU
Deaths - 103 (+5)
Likely recoveries - 7,746 (+211)

Nevada County

There are 30 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 4 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 2,203 (+30) with 745 (+4) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,625 (+45)
Active Cases - 540 (+30
Deaths - 39 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 17 (-1)

Alpine County

No change in totals since December 10.

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