COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 4 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. The County's health officer announced 0 are from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 1 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 0 in Greater Placerville, 0 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 3 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 0. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 97.

Of those new cases, 2 are under the age of 18, 0 are age 18-49, 0 are aged 50-64, and 2 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 12.

There have been another 14 assumed recoveries with 343 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 811 negative results received.

There are currently 2 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 0 of them in the ICU. As of today, all of the patients hospitalized with COVID-19 area at Barton; 0 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall with 0 of them in the ICU. There are no suspected COVID-positive patients. Also according to the State website, Barton has 3 available ICU beds, Marshall 0.

There has been two additional deaths, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 103:

- 65+ male from Greater Placerville
- 65+ male from Greater Placerville

With respect to the tier assignment measures:

Adjusted case rate: 4.8
Positivity rate: 3.0%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.8%

The county moved to the Red Tier, effective 3/3/21. To move down to the Orange/Moderate Tier, the above numbers need to fall into the ranges below:

· Adjusted case rate of 1.0 – 3.9
· Positivity rate of 2.0-4.9%
· Health equity quartile positivity rate of 2.2-5.2%

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

El Dorado County tiers:
High (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100) - Lake Tahoe.

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) - Placerville, Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, and Camino/Kyburz/Pollock Pines, Diamond Springs/El Dorado and El Dorado Hills.

Low (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 25 or less) - South County, North County.

County-wide there have been 9,260 cases with 2,440 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 495, 7 in last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1994, 40 in the last 14 days, 94 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 421, 8 in the last 14 days, 85 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 421, 3 in the last 14 days, 21 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1669, 19 in the last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,606, 32 in the last 14 days, 90 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 117, 1 in the last 14 days, 10 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2440, 73 in the last 14 days, 241 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad Counties (Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey)

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting 20 new cases and 61 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,414, with 9,570 recoveries and 209 deaths; 1,635 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,964 Total Cases (+3 from 3/9)
-753 Active (-17 from 3/9)
-5,095 Recovered (+20 from 3/9)
-116 Deaths (+0 from 3/9)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,566 Total (+5 from 3/9)
-410 Active (-23 from 3/9)
-2,123 Recovered (+28 from 3/9)
-33 Deaths (+0 from 3/9)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,801 Total (+10 from 3/9)
-463 Active (-3 from 3/9)
-2,281 Recovered (+13 from 3/9)
-57 Deaths (+0 from 3/9)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-83 Total (+2 from 3/9)
-9 Active (+2 from 3/9)
-71 Recoveries (+0 from 3/9)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 3/9)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-11,414 Total Cases (+20 from 3/9)
-1,635 Active Cases (-41 from 3/9)
-9,570 Recovered (+61 from 3/9)
-209 Deaths (+1 from 3/9)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 47 new COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 43,312 (+47)
Deaths: 651 (+2)
Estimated recoveries: 39,803 (+244)
Active cases: 2,857 (-199)

421 - (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 43 (-1) active ones. There are 10 (+0) confirmed cases, 0 (+0) active cases, and 8 recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Placer County

There have been 21 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 152 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 344 (+0) in Kings Beach, 56 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 82 (+1) in Truckee, 50 (+1) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 3.2 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 7.7 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 0.8 percent, 14-day increase is 2.3 percent.

South Placer - 108.8 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 85.6 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 46.8 cases per 100,000

20,204 cases (+21) with 748 (+2) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 23 (-6} (15 are residents) with 8 (-3) in ICU (2 are residents)
Deaths - 232 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 19,426 (+70)

Nevada County

There are 4 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 1 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,070 (+4) with 1137 (+1) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 3,934 (+2)
Active Cases - 62 (+2)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 6 (+2)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 85 (+1)
Active Cases - 1 (+0)
Likely recovered - 84 (+1)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)