SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – El Dorado County is reporting 76 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 8 in El Dorado Hills, 5 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 4 in North County, 14 in Greater Placerville, 4 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 40 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today’s count: 1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 98.

Of those new cases, 7 are under the age of 18, 50 are age 18-49, 15 are aged 50-64, and 4 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today’s count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 11.

There have been another 51 assumed recoveries with 481 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 1,700 negative results received.

There are currently 2 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and 3 in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 and 3 in the ICU, and 1 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall, with 0 in their ICU. There are 3 suspected COVID-positive patients in the ICU at Barton. Also according to the State website, Barton has 2 available ICU beds, Marshall 0.

There have been no additional deaths. Since March 2020 there have been 110 COVID-related deaths in El Dorado County.

With respect to the tier assignment measures (and which color tiers those numbers fall in):

– Adjusted case rate: 8.1 (-0.1) (Red Tier- more than 10 is purple)
– Positivity rate: 3.0% (-0.1%) (Orange Tier)
– Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.4% (+0.1%) (Orange Tier)

The county moves to the Orange Tier, effective 4/7/21, and was notified on 4/27 they will stay in Orange. The numbers below are what is needed to move down to Yellow. All tiers are slated to be gone by June 15.

· Adjusted case rate of less than 1
· Positivity rate of less than 2%
· Health equity quartile positivity rate of less than 2.2%

To view the interactive dashboard: http://eldoradocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/b5315baf88c34be996a16c6f0b8fdcfb

El Dorado County tiers:
High (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100) – Lake Tahoe, El Dorado Hills, North County, and Placerville.

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) – Diamond Springs/El Dorado, Camino/Kyburz/Pollock Pines, and Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue.

Low (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 25 or less) – South County

County-wide there have been 9,964 cases with 2,605 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz – 521, 5 in last 14 days, 37 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills – 2191, 61 in the last 14 days, 144 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado – 447, 9 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County – 478, 15 in the last 14 days, 104 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville – 1810, 57 in the last 14 days, 156 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue – 1,721, 34 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County – 129, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region – 2645, 74 in the last 14 days, 245 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad Counties (Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey)

Quad-County COVID-19 Update: Weekend Update and Daily Update
Saturday (5/1/2021)
There were 14 new cases and 23 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brought the total number of cases to 12,502, with 11,878 recoveries and 225 deaths; 399 cases remained active.

Sunday (5/2/2021)
There were 10 new cases and 21 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brought the total number of cases to 12,512, with 11,899 recoveries and 225 deaths; 388 cases remained active.

Monday (5/3/2021)
Today we are reporting 12 new cases and 20 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The weekend numbers and today’s numbers bring the total number of cases to 12,524, with 11,919 recoveries and 225 deaths; 380 cases remain active

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,445 Total Cases (+11 from 4/30)
-160 Active (-13 from 4/30)
-6,163 Recovered (+24 from 4/30)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 4/30)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,815 Total (+5 from 4/30)
-79 Active (-10 from 4/30)
-2,701 Recovered (+15 from 4/30)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 4/30)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,159 Total (+17 from 4/30)
-130 Active (-7 from 4/30)
-2,964 Recovered (+24 from 4/30)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 4/30)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-105 Total (+3 from 4/30)
-11 Active (+2 from 4/30)
-91Recoveries (+1 from 4/30)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 4/30)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,524 Total Cases (+36 from 4/30)
-380 Cases (-28 from 4/30)
-11,919 Recovered (+64 from 4/30)
-225 Deaths (+0 from 4/30)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 79 additional COVID-19 cases and 192 recoveries in Washoe County over the past three days. No additional COVID-19-related deaths were been reported.

The breakdown for cases/recoveries goes as follows: Saturday, May 1, 27 cases, 65 recoveries; Sunday, May 2, 23 cases, 50 recoveries; today, 29 cases, 77 recoveries. Please note that the cases reported today in this release are from data from the previous day.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 45,405 (+79 from 4/30)
Deaths: 669 (+0)
Recovered: 42,937 (+192)
Active cases: 1,799 (-33)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 35 (+7)
Positivity rate: 5.8%

467 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 30 (-1) active ones. There are 12 (+0) confirmed cases, 0 (+0) active cases, and 12 recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Placer County

There have been 101 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday.

Lake Tahoe area cases – 169 (+3) are in Tahoe City 557.2 cases/100,000, 396 (+3) in Kings Beach 993.0 cases/100,000, 68 (+1) in Olympic Valley 512.8 cases/100,000, 90 (+1) in Truckee 48.4 cases/100,000, 62 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 373.7 cases/100,000.

The seven-day test rate is 2.4 percent positive, and the average daily case rate for the last 7 days is 6.5 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 0.7 percent, the 14-day increase is 1.8 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer – 106.5 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer – 58.5 cases per 100,000
East Placer – 53.0 cases per 100,000

22,323 cases (+101) with 861 (+8) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized – 27 (+6) (11 are residents) with 7 (-1) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths – 289 (+0)
Likely recoveries – 21,461 (+103)

Nevada County

There are 46 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 25 of the new cases near the Truckee area since Friday.

Confirmed cases – 4,648 (+46) with 1272 (+25) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered – 4,449 (+45)
Active Cases – 124 (+1)
Deaths – 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations – 3 (+0)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases – 88 (+0)
Active Cases – 0 (+0)
Likely recovered – 88 (+0)
Deaths – 0
Hospitalized – 0 (+0)