COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 81 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 11 are in El Dorado Hills, 16 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 23 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 6 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 4 in North County, 0 in South County, 16 in Lake Tahoe region. Two of these cases are awaiting address confirmation, leaving the pending address confirmation count at 49.

One of those new cases, 12 are under the age of 18, 37 are aged 18-49, 26 are aged 50-64, and 6 aged 65 or older. Two of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 4).

There have been another 121 assumed recoveries with 1,868 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 650 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 23 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 5 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 3 of the non-ICU patients and 1 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 20/4 at Marshall. There are currently no suspected cases.

Two more county residents have died from COVID-19, bringing the county total to 12. A South Lake Tahoe woman in the 50-64 age range has passed along with a Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue woman aged 65 or over.

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 11.9 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 827 (+36).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 44.1
Positivity rate: 12.7%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 15.5%

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 4,958 cases with 1412 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 244, 81 in last 14 days, 597 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1210, 360 in the last 14 days, 847 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 190, 83 in the last 14 days, 883 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 216, 82 in the last 14 days, 566 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 761, 331 in the last 11 days, 904 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 825, 352 in the last 14 days, 961 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 - 1412, 282 in the last 14 days, 932 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 105 new cases and 13 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 8,463, with 3,895 recoveries and 97 deaths; 4,471 cases remain active.

Carson City
-4,610 Total Cases (+50 from 12/21)
-2,546 Active (+48 from 12/21)
-2,020 Recovered (+2 from 12/21)
-44 Deaths (+1 from 12/21)

Douglas County - Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 180 (+1) and 99 (+1) active cases
-1,803 Total (+34 from 12/21)
-958 Active (+23 from 12/21)
-833 Recovered (+11 from 12/21)
-12 Deaths (+0 from 12/21)

Lyon County
-1,985 Total (+21 from 12/21)
-943 Active (+21 from 12/21)
-1,003 Recovered (+0 from 12/21)
-39 Deaths (+0 from 12/21)

Storey County
-65 Total (+0 from 12/21)
-24 Active (+0 from 12/21)
-39 Recoveries (+0 from 12/21)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/21)

TOTAL
-8,463 Total Cases (+105 from 12/21)
-4,471 Active Cases (+92 from 12/21)
-3,895 Recovered (+13 from 12/21)
-97 Deaths (+0 from 12/21)

In Carson City there are currently 66 (+6) people hospitalized with 13 (+1) of them in the ICU. There are 13 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 92 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 0 suspected cases. 25 percent of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 1054 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 33,606 (+1,054)
Deaths: 425 (+6)
Estimated recoveries: 19,486 (+132)
Active cases: 13,695 (+52)

223 (+2) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 76 (+0) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Currently hospitalized: 295 (-7) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 9
Currently in ICU: 74 (-4)
Total patients on ventilators: 58 - 34 %

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 72%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1291 - 85%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 146 - 64%

Placer County

There have been 220 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 103 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 229 (+0) in Kings Beach, 38 (+2) in Olympic Valley, 56 (+0) in Truckee, 32 (-1) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 12.5 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 53.5 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 11.0 percent, 14-day increase is 30.1 percent.

South Placer - 762.2 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 671.8 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 218.4 cases per 100,000

11,761 cases (+220) with 499 (+2) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 167 (+12) (88 are residents) with 24 (-1) in ICU (17 are residents)
Deaths - 109 (+5)
Likely recoveries - 8461 (+45)

Nevada County

There are 34 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 30 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 2,361 (+34) with 784 (+9) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,822 (+74)
Active Cases - 497 (-40)
Deaths - 42 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 17 (-6)

Alpine County

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