COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 11 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 3 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 1 in Greater Placerville, 2 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 1 in South County, 3 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 102.

Of those new cases, 0 are under the age of 18, 8 are age 18-49, 3 are aged 50-64, and 0 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 12.

There have been another 13 assumed recoveries with 342 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 587 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 are at Barton; 0 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall with 0 of them in the ICU. There are 0 suspected COVID-positive patient in the ICU at Barton. Also according to the State website, Barton has 1 available ICU bed, Marshall 5.

There has been one additional death, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 105:

- 65+ male from El Dorado Hills

With respect to the tier assignment measures:

Adjusted case rate: 4.6
Positivity rate: 2.6%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 3.6%

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 9,277 cases with 2,445 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 497, 8 in last 14 days, 59 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1997, 39 in the last 14 days, 92 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, 2 in the last 14 days, 14 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1668, 19 in the last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,607, 32 in the last 14 days, 90 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 119, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2445, 74 in the last 14 days, 245 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 11 new cases and 58 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,450, with 9,685 recoveries and 209 deaths; 1,556 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,975 Total Cases (+3 from 3/11)
-714 Active (-26 from 3/11)
-5,145 Recovered (+29 from 3/11)
-116 Deaths (+0 from 3/11)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,580 Total (+3 from 3/11)
-387 Active (-13 from 3/11)
-2,160 Recovered (+16 from 3/11)
-33 Deaths (+0 from 3/11)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,812 Total (+5 from 3/11)
-447 Active (-8 from 3/11)
-2,308 Recovered (+13 from 3/11)
-57 Deaths (+0 from 3/11)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-83 Total (+0 from 3/11)
-8 Active (+0 from 3/11)
-72 Recoveries (+0 from 3/11)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 3/11)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-11,450 Total Cases (+11 from 3/11)
-1,556 Active Cases (-47 from 3/11)
-9,685 Recovered (+58 from 3/11)
-208 Deaths (+0 from 3/11)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 82 new COVID-19 cases and 0 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 43,394 (+82)
Deaths: 653 (+2)
Estimated recoveries: 40,053 (+145)
Active cases: 2,688 (-88)

423 - (+0) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 44 (+0) 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 31 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 153 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 346 (+1) in Kings Beach, 56 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 82 (+0) in Truckee, 50 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 3.6 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 8.8 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 0.7 percent, 14-day increase is 2.3 percent.

South Placer - 107.1 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 82.7 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 46.2 cases per 100,000

20,273 cases (+31) with 751 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 20 (+4} (18 are residents) with 7 (+1) in ICU (5 are residents)
Deaths - 232 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 19,484 (+25)

Nevada County

There are 27 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 2 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,097 (+27) with 1141 (+2) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 3,951 (+9)
Active Cases - 72 (+2)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 6 (+0)

Alpine County

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