COVID-19 daily cases for South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County

There have been 14 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death recorded since yesterday in El Dorado County. This brings the total of COVID-19 cases in the county to 26,549. This does not include all at-home tests that may have been positive. Case rates continue to drop.

There are now 5.7 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents in the county, the lowest in weeks.

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

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 1423 cases - +3
El Dorado Hills - 5980 cases - +8
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 1290 cases - +0
North County - 1383 cases - +2
Greater Placerville - 4695 cases - +1
Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue - 4725 cases - +0
South County -385 cases - +0
Lake Tahoe region - 6411 cases - +0

(0) awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 257)

Ages of new cases: 1 aged 0-17, 8 aged 18-49, 3 aged 50-64, 2 aged 65+

1,625 additional negative test results
45 assumed recoveries (25,925)
1467 assumed active cases

To date, 200 El Dorado County residents have died from COVID-19. There was one new death recorded today: Female, age 65+ from Shingle Springs, Cameron Park, Rescue. This count does not include deaths still under investigation.

There are 7 (-1) hospitalized with 2 (-0) in the ICU in El Dorado County. Barton Hospital has 3 (-1) hospitalized COVID patients, Marshall Hospital in Placerville has 4 (+0). Barton has 1 ICU patient, 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 are 5 available ICU beds in the county, 2 at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe, 3 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: 5.7 per 100,000 (-1.3)
Positivity rate: 3.5% (-.6%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.2% (-2.1%)

Vaccine measures (based on county population, eligible and not eligible).
There are currently 180,786 residents age 5+ that are eligible:
Cumulative fully vaccinated: 116,446 (60.3%) (+0%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 127,728 (66.1%) (-.1%)

As of Tuesday, March 8, 2022 (updated on Tuesdays):

7-day average daily case rate among El Dorado County residents who are not fully vaccinated: 9.1 per 100,000 (-8.3)
7-day average daily case rate among fully vaccinated residents in El Dorado County: 3.4 per 100,000 (-4.2)
Estimated number of post-vaccination cases to date: 5,394 (+10)