COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 23 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 0 are in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 2 in El Dorado Hills, 2 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 1 in North County, 0 in Greater Placerville, 0 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 1 in South County, 14 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 3. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 108.

Of those new cases, 6 are under the age of 18, 5 are age 18-49, 6 are aged 50-64, and 6 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: 1. Total birthdate unknown to date: 10.

There have been another 48 assumed recoveries with 685 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 350 negative results received.

There are currently 8 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 1, 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 8,785 cases with 2,282 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 476, 25 in last 14 days, 184 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1885, 136 in the last 14 days, 320 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 403, 16 in the last 14 days, 170 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 399, 33 in the last 14 days, 228 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1599, 104 in the last 14 days, 284 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,508, 118 in the last 14 days, 334 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 111, 8 in the last 14 days, 77 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2296, 90 in the last 14 days, 298 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 two additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individuals were:
• A male Carson City resident in his 60’s
• A female Carson City resident in her 70’s

We are also reporting 14 new cases and 182 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 10,942, with 8,356 recoveries and 197 deaths; 2,389 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,767 Total Cases (+7 from 2/8)
-1,330 Active (-51 from 2/8)
-4,327 Recovered (+56 from 2/8)
-110 Deaths (+2 from 2/6)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,439 Total (+7 from 2/8)
-491 Active (-52from 2/8)
-1,919 Recovered (+59 from 2/8)
-29 Deaths (+0 from 2/8)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,661 Total (+0 from 2/8)
-560 Active (-67 from 2/8)
-2,046 Recovered (+67 from 2/8)
-55 Deaths (+0 from 2/8)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-75 Total (+0 from 2/8)
-8 Active (-0 from 2/8)
-64 Recoveries (+0 from 2/8)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 2/8)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-10,942 Total Cases (+14 from 2/8)
-2,389 Active Cases ( -170 from 2/8)
-8,356 Recovered (+182 from 2/8)
-197 Deaths (+2 from 2/8)

In Carson City there are currently 8 (+1) people hospitalized with 0 (-1) of them in the ICU. There is 1 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 75% of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 3 (+1) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 0 (+0) of them in the ICU along with 0 suspected cases. 0% of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 13 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 42,100 (+13)
Deaths: 620 (+4)
Estimated recoveries: 32,573 (+384)
Active cases: 9,282 (-375)

388 (+9) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 102 (-19) active ones. There are 11 (+0) confirmed cases, 5 (+0) active cases, and no recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Currently hospitalized: 101 (-4) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 7
Currently in ICU: 25 (+0)
Total patients on ventilators: 35 - 20%

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 62%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1454 - 65%

ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 118 - 51%

Placer County

There have been 63 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

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

Their seven-day test rate is 6.0 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 14.7 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 1.6 percent, 14-day increase is 4.3 percent.

South Placer - 200.0cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 136.9 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 90.5 cases per 100,000

19,036 cases (+63) with 694 (+0) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 57 (-6} (33 are residents) with 13 (-1) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths - 216 (+2)
Likely recoveries - 17,571 (+116) 671

Nevada County

There are 18 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 2 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 3,694 (+18) with 1073 (+2) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 3,063 (+31)
Active Cases - 557 (-13)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 11 (+0)

Alpine County

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