COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 465 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Thursday. Of those, 118 are in El Dorado Hills, 97 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 87 in Greater Placerville, 29 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 20 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 27 in North County, 7 in South County, 76 in Lake Tahoe region. Four of these cases are awaiting address confirmation, leaving the pending address confirmation count at 49.

One of those new cases, 67 are under the age of 18, 224 are aged 18-49, 99 are aged 50-64, and 73 aged 65 or older. Two of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 4).

There have been another 208 assumed recoveries with 1,908 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 3537 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 21 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 6 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 4 of the non-ICU patients and 1 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 17/5 at Marshall. There is currently one suspected case at Marshall.

Two more county residents have died from COVID-19, bringing the county total to 10. A South Lake Tahoe man 65 or older has passed along with a Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz man, also aged 65 or older.

The county moved into the purple tier November 17 and started the Stay-at-Home order December 10.

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 11.8 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 791 (-50).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 44.8
Positivity rate: 12.7%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 15.4%

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 4,877 cases with 1396 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 238, 75 in last 14 days, 553 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1199, 351 in the last 14 days, 826 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 187, 80 in the last 14 days, 851 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 212, 80 in the last 14 days, 553 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 738, 331 in the last 11 days, 904 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 809, 300 in the last 14 days, 848 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 49, 17 in the last 14 days, 164 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1396, 270 in the last 14 days, 893 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 and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting 11 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region since Friday. The individuals were:

A male Lyon County resident in his 70’s
A male Lyon County resident in his 60’s
A female Carson City resident in her 90’s
A male Lyon County resident in his 40’s
A male Carson City resident in his 70’s
A female Lyon County resident in her 60’s
A female Lyon County resident in her 60’s
A male Lyon County resident in his 80’s
A male Lyon County resident in his 50’s
A male Lyon County resident in his 60’s
A male Carson City resident in his 60’s

CCHHS is also reporting 196 new cases and 305 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 8,358, with 3,882 recoveries and 97 deaths; 4,379 cases remain active.

Carson City Health and Human Services is working to identify close risk contacts to prevent further spread of the disease.

Carson City
-4,560 Total Cases (+15 from 12/20)
-2,498 Active (+9 from 12/20)
-2,018 Recovered (+3 from 12/20)
-44 Deaths (+2 from 12/20)

Douglas County - Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 179 (+9) and 98 (+1) active cases
-1,769 Total (+25 from 12/20)
-935 Active (+8 from 12/20)
-822 Recovered (+17 from 12/20)
-12 Deaths (+0 from 12/20)

Lyon County
-1,965 Total (+21 from 12/20)
-922 Active (+7 from 12/20)
-1003 Recovered (+10 from 12/20)
-39 Deaths (+4 from 12/20)

Storey County
-65 Total (+0 from 12/20)
-24 Active (+0 from 12/20)
-39 Recoveries (+0 from 12/20)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/20)

TOTAL
-8,358 Total Cases (+60 from 12/20)
-4,379 Active Cases (+24 from 12/20)
-3,882 Recovered (+30 from 12/20)
-96 Deaths (+6 from 12/20)

In Carson City there are currently 60 (-3) people hospitalized with 12 (-2) of them in the ICU. There are 66 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 88 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 10 (+1) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 1 (-1) of them in the ICU along with 2 suspected cases. 25 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 Friday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 32,552 (+794) from 12/18
Deaths: 419 (+15)
Estimated recoveries: 19,354 (+849)
Active cases: 13,643 (-69)

221 (+7) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 76 (+2) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Currently hospitalized: 302 (-7) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 10
Currently in ICU: 78 (-3)
Total patients on ventilators: 36 - 34 %

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 73%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1291 - 86%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 149 - 64%

Placer County

There have been 765 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 102 (+4) are in Tahoe City, 229 (+6) in Kings Beach, 36 (+2) in Olympic Valley, 56 (+4) in Truckee, 33 (+1) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 12.4 percent positive, and average daily case rate11.4zfor last 7 days is 51.2 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 11.5 percent, 14-day increase is 30.1 percent.

South Placer - 754.7 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 634.7 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 224.7 cases per 100,000

11,541 cases (+765) with 497 (+20) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 155 (-15) with 25 (+0) in ICU
Deaths - 104 (+1)
Likely recoveries - 82416 (+695)

Nevada County

There are 124 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 30 of those new cases near the Truckee area since Friday.

Confirmed cases - 2,327 (+124) with 775 (+30) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,748 (+123)
Active Cases - 537 (-3)
Deaths - 42 (+3)
Hospitalizations - 23 (+6)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 65 (+2)
Active Cases - 0 (-4)
Likely recovered - 65 (+7)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 3 (+0)