Weekly recap of COVID-19 cases in counties around Lake Tahoe

Weekly roundup of COVID-19 around Lake Tahoe. All except El Dorado County are for the week and El Dorado data is from yesterday.

EL DORADO COUNTY

There have been 335 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths recorded since yesterday in El Dorado County. This brings the total of COVID-19 cases in the county to 21,025. This does not include at-home tests that may have been positive.

There are now 124.9 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in the county.

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

335 cases (21,025) 14 in Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz; 129 in El Dorado Hills; 14 Diamond Springs, El Dorado; 12 in North County; 52 in Greater Placerville; 60 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue; 8 South County; 46 in Lake Tahoe region; (0) awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 417)

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 1123 cases - +14
El Dorado Hills - 4751 cases - +129
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 1010 cases - +14
North County - 1134 cases - +12
Greater Placerville - 3695 cases - +52
Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue - 3764 cases - +60
South County -308 cases - +8
Lake Tahoe region - 4623 cases - +46

(0) awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 417)

96 aged 0-17, 148 aged 18-49, 70 aged 50-64, 21 aged 65+; (0) date of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 18)

1,896 additional negative test results
62 assumed recoveries (17,239)
3631 assumed active cases

To date, 178 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 13 (-1) hospitalized with 1 (-0) in the ICU in El Dorado County. Barton Hospital has 5 hospitalized COVID patients, Marshall Hospital in Placerville has 8. Barton has 0 ICU patiensts, Marshall has 1. 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: 124.9 per 100,000 (+15.2)
Positivity rate: 24.8% (+.6%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 31.4% (-.2%)

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

Cumulative fully vaccinated: 113,621 (58.8%) (+.0%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 125,175 (64.8%) (+.0%)

As of Tuesday, January 11, 2022 (updated on Tuesdays):

7-day average daily case rate among El Dorado County residents who are not fully vaccinated: 134.0 per 100,000 (+84.7)
7-day average daily case rate among fully vaccinated residents in El Dorado County: 63.5 per 100,000 (+37.4)
Estimated number of post-vaccination cases to date: 2,744 (+666)

DOUGLAS COUNTY

From December 26, 2021 – January 8, 2022, there were 423 confirmed cases
reported in Douglas County. This represents approximately 30% of all QuadCounty cases during this two-week period. There was a 153% increase from
the previous two-week period. The zip code in Douglas County that reported
the highest number of cases during this two-week period was 89460.

The two zip codes at Lake Tahoe, 89449 and 89448 had 42 and 15 respectively during this period.

There were 13 student case investigations completed from December 26, 2021 – January 8, 2022. Of these student cases, forty-six percent attended school while infectious. There were 7 school faculty members that tested positive for COVID-19. Of these faculty cases, fifty-seven percent attended school while infectious.

According to the Nevada State COVID-19 Dashboard, approximately fifty-three percent of Douglas County residents are fully vaccinated as of January 8, 2022.

WASHOE COUNTY

Daily New Cases: 1,121 (an all time record)
Deaths: 1,036 (+9)
Active Cases: 11,282 (+4,728)
Ages 5+ fully vaccinated: 63.47% (+.30%)
Percent of fully vaccinated people testing positive: 3.72% (+.62%)
Breakthrough Cases: 9,640 (+1638)

PLACER COUNTY

Daily New Cases: 561.43 (+300.72)
Deaths: 504 (+11)
Total Reinfections: 600 (+288)
Total Cases: 48,741 (+4975)
Post-vaccination cases: 8,205 (+2,331)
Percent of populations vaccinated: 63.7% (+.4)