COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 9 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 2 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 2 in El Dorado Hills, 1 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 0 in Greater Placerville, 0 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 4 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 0. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 104.

Of those new cases, 1 are under the age of 18, 4 are age 18-49, 1 are aged 50-64, and 4 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: -1. Total birthdate unknown to date: 11.

There have been another 15 assumed recoveries with 316 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 87 negative results received.

There is currently 1 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 0 of them in the ICU. As of today, Barton has no patients hospitalized with COVID-19; 1 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 2 available ICU beds, Marshall also 2.

There has been two additional death, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 107:

- 65+ male from Greater Placerville
- 65+ male from Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue

With respect to the tier assignment measures:

Adjusted case rate: 5.0
Positivity rate: 2.7%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 2.7%

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, South County, and El Dorado Hills.

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

County-wide there have been 9,306 cases with 2,452 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 499, 7 in last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2004, 31 in the last 14 days, 73 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 423, 9 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 422, 3 in the last 14 days, 21 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1672, 19 in the last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,609, 19 in the last 14 days, 54 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 120, 3 in the last 14 days, 29 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2452, 42 in the last 14 days, 139 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 3 new cases and 52 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,488, with 9,913 recoveries and 209 deaths; 1,366 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,987 Total Cases (+2 from 3/15)
-568 Active (-42 from 3/15)
-5,303 Recovered (+44 from 3/15)
-116 Deaths (+0 from 3/15)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,593 Total (+1 from 3/15)
-371 Active (-4 from 3/15)
-2,189 Recovered (+5 from 3/15)
-33 Deaths (+0 from 3/15)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,824 Total (+0 from 3/15)
-419 Active (-3 from 3/15)
-2,348 Recovered (+3 from 3/15)
-57 Deaths (+0 from 3/15)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-84 Total (+0 from 3/15)
-8 Active (+0 from 3/15)
-73 Recoveries (+0 from 3/15)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 3/15)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-11,488 Total Cases (+3 from 3/15)
-1,366 Active Cases (-49 from 3/15)
-9,913 Recovered (+52 from 3/15)
-208 Deaths (+0 from 3/15)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 156 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 43,550 (+156)
Deaths: 656 (+1)
Estimated recoveries: 40,478 (+82)
Active cases: 2,416 (-36)

428 (+2) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 46 (-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 30 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 154 (+0) are in Tahoe City 507.7 cases/100,000, 349 (+1) in Kings Beach 875.1 cases/100,000, 57 (+0) in Olympic Valley 429.9 cases/100,000, 82 (+0) in Truckee 44.1 cases/100,000, 50 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 301.4 cases/100,000.

Their seven-day test rate is 3.4 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 2.2 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 112.6 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 72.7 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 56.2 cases per 100,000

20,394 cases (+30) with 757 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 17 (-3} (7 are residents) with 7 (+0) in ICU (1 are residents)
Deaths - 237 (+5)
Likely recoveries - 19,590 (+30)

Nevada County

There are 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 2 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,136 (+11) with 1149 (+2) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 3,981 (+10)
Active Cases - 74 (-6)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 5 (+0)

Alpine County

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