SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – El Dorado County is reporting 26 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 7 in El Dorado Hills, 1 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 3 in North County, 7 in Greater Placerville, 4 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 4 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today’s count: -2. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 97.

Of those new cases, 7 are under the age of 18, 10 are age 18-49, 5 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 29 assumed recoveries with 477 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 1,100 negative results received.

There are currently 2 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and 1 in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 and 1 in the ICU, and 1 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall, with 0 in their ICU. There are 0 suspected COVID-positive patients in the ICU at Barton. Also according to the State website, Barton has 4 available ICU beds, Marshall 3.

There has been one additional death: A 65+ male from Greater Placerville occurred in February). Since March 2020 there have been 112 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: 7.3 (-0.1) (Red Tier)
– Positivity rate: 3.0% (-0%) (Orange Tier)
– Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.2% (-0.3%) (Orange Tier)

The county is in the Orange Tier, effective 4/7/21, and was notified again on 5/4 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, Diamond Springs/El Dorado, Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, and Placerville.

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) – Camino/Kyburz/Pollock Pines.

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

County-wide there have been 10,099 cases with 2,660 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz – 522, 6 in last 14 days, 44 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills – 2203, 53 in the last 14 days, 125 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado – 451, 11 in the last 14 days, 117 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County – 484, 19 in the last 14 days, 131 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville – 1823, 53 in the last 14 days, 145 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue – 1,730, 37 in the last 14 days, 105 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 – 2660, 83 in the last 14 days, 274 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad Counties (Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey)

We are reporting an additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individual was a female Carson City resident in her 60’s. We are also reporting 24 new cases and 15 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,573, with 11,974 recoveries and 226 deaths; 373 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,459 Total Cases (+6 from 5/5)
-156 Active (-2 from 5/5)
-6,180 Recovered (+7 from 5/5)
-123 Deaths (+1 from 5/5)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,831 Total (+7 from 5/5)
-82 Active (+3 from 5/5)
-2,714 Recovered (+4 from 5/5)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 5/5)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,176 Total (+10 from 5/5)
-124 Active (+6 from 5/5)
-2,987 Recovered (+4 from 5/5)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 5/5)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-107 Total (+1 from 5/5)
-11 Active (+1 from 5/5)
-93 Recoveries (+0 from 5/5)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 5/5)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,573 Total Cases (+24 from 5/5)
– 373 Cases (+8 from 5/5)
-11,974 Recovered (+15 from 5/5)
-226 Deaths (+1 from 5/5)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center reports two additional COVID-19 related deaths in Washoe County, increasing the total to 671 since March 2020. The deceased was a woman in her 60s and a man in his 50s, both with underlying conditions.

In addition, we reported 39 new COVID-19 cases in Washoe County with 126 recoveries

Total COVID-19 Cases in Washoe County: 45,479 (+39 from 5/5)
Deaths: 671 (+2)
Recovered: 43,052 (+126)
Active cases: 1,756 (-30)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 37 (-1)
Positivity rate: 5.5%

467 (-1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 28 (-3) 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 146 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases – 169 (+0) are in Tahoe City 557.2 cases/100,000, 399 (+2) in Kings Beach 1000.5 cases/100,000, 68 (+0) in Olympic Valley 512.8 cases/100,000, 90 (+0) in Truckee 48.4 cases/100,000, 64 (+1) in Carnelian Bay 557.2 cases/100,000.

The seven-day test rate is 2.7 percent positive, and the average daily case rate for the last 7 days is 7.2 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 1.1 percent, the 14-day increase is 2.2 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer – 94.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer – 61.3 cases per 100,000
East Placer – 65.5 cases per 100,000

22,532 cases (+146) with 866 (+3) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized – 23 (+3) (8 are residents) with 5 (+1) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths – 290 (+0)
Likely recoveries – 21,732 (+152)

Nevada County

There are 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 3 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases – 4,682 (+11) with 1283 (+8) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered – 4,479 (+11)
Active Cases – 128 (+1)
Deaths – 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations – 2 (-3)

Alpine County

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