587 new cases of COVID-19 for South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - Cases of COVID-19 continue to surge not only across the country but in California and El Dorado County. There have been 587 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths recorded since Thursday in El Dorado County. This brings the total of COVID-19 cases in the county to 18,294.

There are now 28.7 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in the county.

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

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 1031 cases - +22
El Dorado Hills - 3989 cases - +176
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 903 cases - +19
North County - 1029 cases - +19
Greater Placerville - 3363 cases - +88
Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue - 3307 cases - +95
South County - 280 cases - +5
Lake Tahoe region - 4171 cases - +128

(35) awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 221)

67 aged 0-17, 358 aged 18-49, 114 aged 50-64, 48 aged 65+; (0) date of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 14)

729 additional negative test results
100 assumed recoveries (16,769)

To date, 175 El Dorado County residents have died from COVID-19. There were no new deaths recorded today. This count does not include deaths still under investigation.

There are 17 (+5) hospitalized with 5 (+0) in the ICU in El Dorado County. Barton Hospital has 9 of the hospitalized patients, Marshall Hospital in Placerville has 9. Barton has 1 ICU patient, Marshall has 4.

Currently, the State's website says there are 0 available ICU beds in the county, 0 at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe, 0 at Marshall in Placerville. Barton has said there are plenty of beds available even if the state's website doesn't show it.

Rates:
Case rate: 28.7 per 100,000 (+7.4)
Positivity rate: 9.9% (+2.9%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 8.1% (-.7%)

Vaccine measures (based on county population, eligible and not eligible). There are currently 180,786 residents age 5+ that are eligible:

Cumulative fully vaccinated: 112,547 (58.3%) (+.1%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 123,973 (64.2%) (+.1%)

As of Tuesday, December 28, 2021:

7-day average daily case rate among El Dorado County residents who are not fully vaccinated: 26.3 per 100,000
7-day average daily case rate among fully vaccinated residents in El Dorado County: 12.5 per 100,000
Estimated number of post-vaccination cases to date: 1,695 (+131)