COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 115 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday. Of those, 6 are in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 27 in El Dorado Hills, 2 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 11 in North County, 16 in Greater Placerville, 19 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 1 in South County, 32 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 105.

Of those new cases, 15 are under the age of 18, 54 are age 18-49, 36 are aged 50-64, and 9 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: 1. Total birthdate unknown to date: 10.

There have been another 149 assumed recoveries with 710 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 1801 negative results received.

There are currently 6 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 0 of them in the ICU at Marshall. As of today there are no patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at Barton. There are no suspected cases in the ICU. Also according to the State website, Barton has 6 available ICU beds, Marshall 4, but as previously shared before, each hospital can expand their capacity depending on staff and other variables.

There have been no additional deaths, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 86.

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

With respect to the tier assignment measures:

Adjusted case rate: 10.5 (must be 7 or below for two consecutive weeks to be eligible to move to less restrictive Red tier. All counties get adjusted based on their population size (as well as their testing volume) and "7" is what all counties, regardless of their population size, need to be at to be eligible for the Red tier. https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/#county-status)
Positivity rate: 4.3%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.9%

Most of the county is currently in the High Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100). South County has moved down to 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 8,762 cases with 2,282 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 476, 27 in last 14 days, 199 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1883, 148 in the last 14 days, 348 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 401, 15 in the last 14 days, 160 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 398, 36 in the last 14 days, 249 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1599, 117 in the last 14 days, 319 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,508, 127 in the last 14 days, 359 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 110, 10 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2282, 92 in the last 14 days, 304 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 three additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region since Friday. The individuals were:
• A male Storey County resident in his 60’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 80’s
• A male Carso City resident in his 80’s.

We are also reporting 49 new cases and 583 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region.

The weekend numbers and today’s numbers bring the total number of cases to 10,928, with 8,174 recoveries and 195 deaths; 2,559 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,760 Total Cases (+13 from 2/5)
-1,381 Active (-243 from 2/5)
-4,271 Recovered (+254 from 2/5)
-108 Deaths (+2 from 2/5)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,432 Total (+16 from 2/5)
-543 Active (-148 from 2/5)
-1,860 Recovered (+164 from 2/5)
-29 Deaths (+0 from 2/5)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,661 Total (+19 from 2/5)
-765 Active (-138 from 2/5)
-1,979 Recovered (+157 from 2/5)
-55 Deaths (+0 from 2/5)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-75 Total (+1 from 2/5)
-8 Active (-8 from 2/5)
-64 Recoveries (+8 from 2/5)
-3 Deaths (+1 from 2/5)
TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)

-10,928 Total Cases (+49 from 2/5)
-2,559 Active Cases ( -537 from 2/5)
-8,174 Recovered (+583 from 2/5)
-195 Deaths (+3 from 2/5)

In Carson City there are currently 7 (-1) people hospitalized with 1 (-1) of them in the ICU. There are 3 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 96% of ICU beds are currently occupied.

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

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 203 new COVID-19 cases and 3 new deaths in Washoe County since Friday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 42,087 (+203)
Deaths: 616 (+3)
Estimated recoveries: 32,189 (+941)
Active cases: 9,282 (-741)

379 (+3) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 121 (-11) active ones. There are 11 (+0) confirmed cases, 5 (-1) active cases, and no recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Currently hospitalized: 105 (-12) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 5
Currently in ICU: 25 (+3)
Total patients on ventilators: 34 - 19%

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 61%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1494 - 64%

ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 107 - 46%

Placer County

There have been 189 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 144 (+3) are in Tahoe City, 322 (+1) in Kings Beach, 54 (+1) in Olympic Valley, 70 (+1) in Truckee, 44 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 6.1 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 15.0 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 1.6 percent, 14-day increase is 4.7 percent.

South Placer - 203.4 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 149.8 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 99.9 cases per 100,000

18,873 cases (+189) with 694 (+8) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 63 (-17} (30 are residents) with 14(-6) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths - 214 (+8)
Likely recoveries - 17,545 (+295)

Nevada County

There are 55 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 5 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 3,676 (+55) with 1073 (+5) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 3,032 (+48)
Active Cases - 570 (+7)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 11 (-5)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 79 (+1)
Active Cases - 5 (+1)
Likely recovered - 74 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)