EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – There have been 38 new cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths recorded since yesterday in El Dorado County. This brings the total of COVID-19 cases in the county to 26,386. This does not include all at-home tests that may have been positive. Case rates continue to drop.

There are now 15.3 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in the county, the lowest since the beginning of the Omicron variant.

There is an interactive dashboard for the county with extra details here: See HERE.

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz – 1409 cases – +2
El Dorado Hills – 5933 cases – +6
Diamond Springs, El Dorado – 1280 cases – +3
North County – 1374 cases – +2
Greater Placerville – 4668 cases – +9
Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue – 4699 cases – +14
South County -385 cases – +0
Lake Tahoe region – 6383 cases – +2

(0) awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 255)

2 aged 0-17, 17 aged 18-49, 9 aged 50-64, 10 aged 65+; (0) date of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 24)

299 additional negative test results
68 assumed recoveries (25,394)
1835 assumed active cases

To date, 195 El Dorado County residents have died from COVID-19. There were two new deaths recorded today: A male, 50-64 from the Greater Placerville area, and a male, 50-64 from the Tahoe Region This count does not include deaths still under investigation.

There are 12 (-1) hospitalized with 6 (+0) in the ICU in El Dorado County. Barton Hospital has 3 (+0) hospitalized COVID patients, Marshall Hospital in Placerville has 9 (-1). Barton has 2 ICU patients, Marshall has 4. There is no tracking of patients transferred from El Dorado County hospitals to regional hospitals, or county residents at other hospitals.

Currently, the State’s website says there is 1 available ICU bed in the county, 0 at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe, 1 at Marshall in Placerville. Bed capacity fluctuates daily based on many factors; therefore, the data posted on the State’s site may not be an accurate depiction of the current situation.

Rates:
Case rate: 15.3 per 100,000 (-.9)
Positivity rate: 6.9% (-.2%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 9% (+.3%)

Vaccine measures (based on county population, eligible and not eligible).
There are currently 180,786 residents age 5+ that are eligible:
Cumulative fully vaccinated: 116,155 (60.2%) (+.1%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 127,512 (66%) (+0%)

As of Tuesday, February 22, 2022 (updated on Tuesdays):

7-day average daily case rate among El Dorado County residents who are not fully vaccinated: 26.4 per 100,000 (-15.3)
7-day average daily case rate among fully vaccinated residents in El Dorado County: 11.7 per 100,000 (-5.1)
Estimated number of post-vaccination cases to date: 5,340 (+126)