COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 414 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Thursday. Of those, 67 are in El Dorado Hills, 67 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 140 in Greater Placerville, 30 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 30 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 20 in North County, 7 in South County, 50 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation: 3. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 52.

One of those new cases, 34 are under the age of 18, 177 are age 18-49, 101 are aged 50-64, and 102 aged 65 or older. Total date of birth unknown: 4

There have been another 350 assumed recoveries with 1,793 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 2861 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 28 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 9 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 8 of the non-ICU patients and 4 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 19/5 at Marshall. There are no suspected cases at either hospital.

There have been five additional deaths, bringing the total for El Dorado County residents from COVID-19 to 18.
- Male, 65+; South County
- Female, 65+; El Dorado Hills
- Male, 65+; El Dorado Hills
- Male, 65+; Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue
- Male, 18-49; Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz

The county moved into the purple tier November 17 and started the Stay-at-Home order December 10. It is in place until 11:59 p.m. on 12.31.20.

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 10.4 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 736 (-48).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 40.5
Positivity rate: 11.6%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 11.9%

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 5,509 cases with 1472 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 286, 74 in last 14 days, 545 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1318, 304 in the last 14 days, 715 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 227, 84 in the last 14 days, 893 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 246, 76 in the last 14 days, 525 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 930, 346 in the last 11 days, 945 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 919, 276 in the last 14 days, 781 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 59, 21 in the last 14 days, 202 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1472, 228 in the last 14 days, 754 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 188 new cases and 293 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region since Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 8,852, with 4,312 recoveries and 106 deaths; 4,434 cases remain active.

Carson City
-4,773 Total Cases (+34 from 12/27)
-2,477 Active (-20 from 12/27)
-2,247 Recovered (+54 from 12/27)
-49 Deaths (+0 from 12/27)

Douglas County - Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 192 (+7) and 98 (+1) active cases
-1,907 Total (+11 from 12/27)
-957 Active (-8 from 12/27)
-935 Recovered (+19 from 12/27)
-15 Deaths (+0 from 12/27)

Lyon County
-2,107 Total (+20 from 12/27)
-977 Active (+1 from 12/27)
-1,090 Recovered (+19 from 12/27)
-40 Deaths (+0 from 12/27)

Storey County
-65 Total (+0 from 12/27)
-23 Active (+0 from 12/27)
-40 Recoveries (+0 from 12/27)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/27)

TOTAL
-8,852 Total Cases (+65 from 12/27)
-4,434 Active Cases (-27 from 12/27)
-4,312 Recovered (+92 from 12/27)
-106 Deaths (+0 from 12/27)

In Carson City there are currently 38 (-18) people hospitalized with 10 (-1) of them in the ICU. There are 4 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 88% of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 5 (-6) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 0 (-1) of them in the ICU along with 0 suspected cases. 0% of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 879 new COVID-19 cases and 20 new deaths in Washoe County since Thursday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 35,038 (+879)
Deaths: 460 (+20)
Estimated recoveries: 20,492 (+730)
Active cases: 14,086 (+129)

230 (+5) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 77 (+2) active ones. There are 5 (+2) confirmed cases, 2 (+2) active cases, and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Currently hospitalized: 300 (-12) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 16
Currently in ICU: 78 (-7)
Total patients on ventilators: 58 - 34%

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 68%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1291 - 80%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 136 - 58%

Placer County

There have been 793 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Thursday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 103 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 237 (+2) in Kings Beach, 41 (+2) in Olympic Valley, 58 (+0) in Truckee, 36 (+4) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 12.4 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 52.8 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 8.8 percent, 14-day increase is 26.2 percent.

South Placer - 765.6 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 727.4 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 193.5 cases per 100,000

13,055 cases (+793) with 523 (+14) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 184 (+25) (92 are residents) with 31 (+5) in ICU (15 are residents)
Deaths - 125 (+5)
Likely recoveries - 9176 (+478)

Nevada County

There are 104 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 25 of those new cases near the Truckee area since Thursday.

Confirmed cases - 2,519 (+104) with 821 (+25) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,908 (+56)
Active Cases - 562 (+43)
Deaths - 49 (+5)
Hospitalizations - 19 (+4)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 64 (+0)
Active Cases - 0 (+0)
Likely recovered - 64 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 3 (+0)