COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 14 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 4 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, -1 in El Dorado Hills, 1 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 1 in North County, 1 in Greater Placerville, 0 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 6 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 2. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 112.

Of those new cases, 3 are under the age of 18, 6 are age 18-49, 3 are aged 50-64, and 2 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's county: 1. Total birthdate unknown to date: 12.

There have been another 10 assumed recoveries with 312 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 500 negative results received.

There are currently 3 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 0 of them in the ICU. As of today, Barton has no patients hospitalized with COVID-19; 3 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 5.

There have been no additional death, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 107.

With respect to the tier assignment measures:

Adjusted case rate: 3.9
Positivity rate: 2.4%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 1.9%

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%

Counties must remain in a tier for at least three weeks before moving to a less restrictive tier. Counties must meet the next tier’s criteria for two consecutive weeks to move to a less restrictive tier.

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, Diamond Springs/El Dorado.

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, North County, and El Dorado Hills.

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

County-wide there have been 9,340 cases with 2,460 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 505, 11 in last 14 days, 81 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2004, 26 in the last 14 days, 61 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 426, 12 in the last 14 days, 128 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 424, 5 in the last 14 days, 35 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1675, 15 in the last 14 days, 41 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,614, 17 in the last 14 days, 48 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 120, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2460, 41 in the last 14 days, 136 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 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individuals were:

• An 18-year-old female Carson City resident
• A male Carson City resident in his 70’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 70’s

We are also reporting 17 new cases and 53 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,549, with 10,065 recoveries and 212 deaths; 1,272 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,010 Total Cases (+7 from 3/18)
-490 Active (-13 from 3/18)
-5,402 Recovered (+18 from 3/18)
-118 Deaths (+2 from 3/18)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,619 Total (+6 from 3/18)
-371 Active (-14 from 3/18)
-2,215 Recovered (+20 from 3/18)
-33 Deaths (+0 from 3/18)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,836 Total (+4 from 3/18)
-405 Active (-12 from 3/18)
-2,373 Recovered (+15 from 3/18)
-58 Deaths (+1 from 3/18)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-84 Total (+0 from 3/18)
-6 Active (+0 from 3/18)
-75 Recoveries (+0 from 3/18)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 3/18)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-11,549 Total Cases (+17 from 3/18)
-1,272 Active Cases (-39 from 3/18)
-10,065 Recovered (+53 from 3/18)
-212 Deaths (+3 from 3/18)

Washoe County

The Washoe County dashboard is down for maintenance, some data will temporarily be unavailable. The only things updated below are new cases, deaths and recoveries.

The Regional Information Center is reporting 34 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death in Washoe County since Wednesday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 43,629 (+45)
Deaths: 658 (+1)
Estimated recoveries: 40,682 (+115)
Active cases: 2,360 (-56)

426 (-2) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 43 (-3) 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 33 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, 351 (+1) in Kings Beach 880.1 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 2.8 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 7.2 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 0.8 percent, 14-day increase is 1.9 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 108.5 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 71.3 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 59.3 cases per 100,000

20,493 cases (+33) with 761 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 14 (-1} (6 are residents) with 5 (+0) in ICU (1 is residents)
Deaths - 244 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 19,670 (+43)

Nevada County

There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 9 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,162 (+19) with 1161 (+9) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,008 (+14)
Active Cases - 80 (-12)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 7 (-1)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 86 (0)
Active Cases - 1 (+0)
Likely recovered - 85 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)