COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 124 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Tuesday. Of those, 33 are in El Dorado Hills, 31 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 26 in Greater Placerville, 6 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 2 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 2 in North County, 3 in South County, 12 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: -12. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 104.

Of those new cases, 8 are under the age of 18, 57 are age 18-49, 23 are aged 50-64, and 26 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 10.

There have been another 389 assumed recoveries with 1080 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 1812 negative results received. Negative test disclaimer: Whereas laboratory-confirmed case numbers reflect only El Dorado County residents, negative results may also include some non-El Dorado County residents whose tests were performed within the county. Total negative results include results for individuals who have been tested more than once. This differs from the count of total confirmed cases, as individuals who test positive on multiple occasions are only counted as a single case. For this reason, these two numbers (total confirmed cases and total negative test results) are not comparable and should not be used together to calculate a positivity rate. Only PCR or NAAT tests (tests that detect viral RNA) are included in this estimate of "Total Negative Test Results". Antigen tests and antibody (serology) tests are not included in this estimate.

There are currently 15 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 2 of the non-ICU patients and 1 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 13/2 at Marshall. There are no suspected case in the ICU. Also according to the State website, Barton has 4 available ICU beds, Marshall 5, but as previously shared before, each hospital can expand their capacity depending on staff and other variables.

There have been 13 additional deaths, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 79:
- 65+; F; El Dorado Hills
- 65+; F; Greater Placerville
- 65+; M; Greater Placerville
- 65+; M; Greater Placerville
- 65+; F; Lake Tahoe Region
- 65+; F; Greater Placerville
- 65+; F; Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz
- 18-49; M; Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz
- 65+; M; Greater Placerville
- 65+; F; Greater Placerville
- 65+; F; Greater Placerville
- 65+; F; Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue
- 65+; F; El Dorado Hills

The county moved into the purple tier November 17 and was under a Stay-at-Home order from December 10 to January 12. To move from purple down to red, or "substantial," the daily new cases need to be 4-7 per 100,000 and the county needs a 5 percent to 8 percent positive test rate. In that range, schools can open for in-person learning after being in red tier for 14 days.

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

The County dashboard shows cases by episode date, not by the date El Dorado County Public Health was notified abou.t the new case. Episode date is the earliest of the following dates: (symptom onset date, diagnosis date, specimen collection date, date received, or date of death) and serves as the best approximation of the date of infection.

The 7-day positivity rate for El Dorado County is 7.2 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 419 (-94).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 29.4
Positivity rate: 9.7%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 13.2%

The whole county is currently in the High Tier
(case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100). South County has moved back up from the Moderate Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99). The Low Tier is 25 or less per 100,000 for last 14 days.

County-wide there have been 8,359 cases with 2,212 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 458, 48 in last 14 days, 354 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1777, 194 in the last 14 days, 457 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 393, 34 in the last 14 days, 362 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 366, 39 in the last 14 days, 269 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1524, 114 in the last 14 days, 393 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,424, 153 in the last 14 days, 433 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 101, 12 in the last 14 days, 116 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2212, 167 in the last 14 days, 552 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)
Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon

Quad Counties (Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey)

We are reporting 6 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region since Tuesday. The individuals were:
• A male Carson City resident in his 70’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 60’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 50’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 90’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 70’s
• A female Carson City resident in her 30’s

We are also reporting 82 new cases and 391 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region since Tuesday. This brings the total number of cases to 10,723, with 6,761 recoveries and 188 deaths; 3,774 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,689 Total Cases (+12 from 1/28)
-2,091 Active (-44 from 1/28)
-3,493 Recovered (+53 from 1/28)
-105 Deaths (+3 from 1/28)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,376 Total (+6 from 1/28)
-801 Active (-14 from 1/28)
-1,547 Recovered (+20 from 1/28)
-28 Deaths (+0 from 1/28)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,587 Total (+9 from 1/28)
-868 Active (-25from 1/28)
-1,666 Recovered (+33 from 1/28)
-53 Deaths (+1 from 1/28)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-71 Total (+0 from 1/28)
-14 Active (+0 from 1/28)
-55 Recoveries (+0 from 1/28)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 1/28)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-10,723 Total Cases (+27 from 1/28)
-3,774 Active Cases ( -83 from 1/28)
-6,761 Recovered (+106 from 1/28)
-188 Deaths (+4 from 1/28)

In Carson City there are currently 11 (-4) people hospitalized with 4 (+1) of them in the ICU. There are 4 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 88% of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 3 (-5) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 0 (-2) of them in the ICU along with 0 suspected cases. 25% of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 435 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths in Washoe County since Tuesday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 41,115 (+435)
Deaths: 597 (+13)
Estimated recoveries: 28,510 (+1,023)
Active cases: 12,008 (-598)

329 (+15) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 136 (+8) active ones. There are 7 (+1) confirmed cases, 4 (+1) active cases, and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Currently hospitalized: 124 (-16) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 11
Currently in ICU: 29 (-5)
Total patients on ventilators: 40 - 22%

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 67%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1494 - 68%

ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 114 - 49%

Placer County

There have been 365 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Tuesday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 137 (+5) are in Tahoe City, 313 (+13) in Kings Beach, 51 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 67 (+2) in Truckee, 44 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 7.7 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 25.8 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 2.9 percent, 14-day increase is 6.8 percent.

South Placer - 342.8 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 265.3 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 140.4 cases per 100,000

18,399 cases (+365) with 668 (24) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 94 (+4} (35 are residents) with 20 (+0) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths - 199 (+11)
Likely recoveries - 15,418 (+736)

Nevada County

There are 61 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 9 of those new cases near the Truckee area since Tuesday.

Confirmed cases - 3,454 (+61) with 1014 (+9) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 2,830 (+61)
Active Cases - 550 (-2)
Deaths - 74 (+1)
Hospitalizations - 13 (+1)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 74 (+0)
Active Cases - 1 (+0)
Likely recovered - 73 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)