COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 24 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 5 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 2 in North County, 2 in Greater Placerville, 2 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 16 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: -3. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 107.

Of those new cases, 6 are under the age of 18, 9 are age 18-49, 8 are aged 50-64, and 1 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 12.

There have been another 24 assumed recoveries with 316 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 1,541 negative results received.

There are currently 2 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and in the ICU. As of today, Barton has both patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the ICU; 0 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall with 0 of them in the ICU. There is 1 suspected COVID-positive patient at Barton. Also according to the State website, Barton has 2 available ICU bed, Marshall 1.

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

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 4.8
Positivity rate: 2.8%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 3.5%

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. The State could move the county to Orange March 31:

· 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, El Dorado Hills, South County, North County.

Low (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 25 or less) - None

County-wide there have been 9,441 cases with 2,498 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 506, 9 in last 14 days, 66 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2027, 28 in the last 14 days, 66 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 431, 10 in the last 14 days, 106 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 431, 9 in the last 14 days, 62 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1691, 21 in the last 14 days, 57 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,626, 18 in the last 14 days, 51 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 124, 4 in the last 14 days, 39 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2498, 47 in the last 14 days, 155 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad Counties (Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey)

On Saturday, 3/27 there were 21 new cases and 79 recoveries.
On Sunday, 3/28, there were 25 new cases and 56 recoveries.
Today (3/29) we are reporting 1 death, 15 new cases, and 75 recoveries.

County - new cases - recoveries - deaths
Carson City - 27 - 94 - 0
Douglas County - 14 - 62 - 0
Lyon County - 19 - 52 - 1
Storey County - 1 - 2 - 0

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 136 additional COVID-19 cases in Washoe County with 151 recoveries since Friday. No additional COVID-19-related deaths were reported.

Data on the COVID-19 dashboard is undergoing maintenance while we update data feeds. We will continue to report additional COVID-19 cases, recoveries and COVID-19-related deaths but will not have the totals of those data points while the maintenance takes place. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The State of Nevada reported an additional 9,016 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in Washoe County since Friday. In total, 197,644 total doses have been administered in Washoe County and 79,175 people have been fully vaccinated, which is about 16.5 percent of the population. About 31.95 percent of the population in Washoe County 16 years and older has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 44,101 (+136)
Estimated recoveries: 41,294 (+151)

The Washoe County dashboard is down for maintenance, the data listed below is currently unavailable for update:

Deaths: 660 (
Estimated recoveries: 41,034
Active cases: 2,310

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 52 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 158 (+3) are in Tahoe City 520.9 cases/100,000, 353 (+2) in Kings Beach 890.2 cases/100,000, 60 (+0) in Olympic Valley 452.5 cases/100,000, 84 (+0) in Truckee 45.2 cases/100,000, 51 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 307.4 cases/100,000.

Their seven-day test rate is 2.6 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 6.0 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 1.0 percent, 14-day increase is 2.1 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 96.7 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 88.4 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 40.6 cases per 100,000

20,888 cases (+152) with 775 (+4) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 16 (+0) (8 are residents) with 4 (-1) in ICU (1 is resident)
Deaths - 272 (+9)
Likely recoveries - 20,078 (+120)

Nevada County

There are 37 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with of the new cases near the Truckee area since Friday.

Confirmed cases - 4,256 (+37) with 1181 (+8) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,081 (+30)
Active Cases - 101 (+7)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 5 (+3)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 88 (+2)
Active Cases - 1 (+1)
Likely recovered - 87 (+1)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)