COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The County has done some cleanup of previous cases, with some previously reported El Dorado County cases being moved out. For this reason, today's case count appears lower than usual*. Also, the number of cases "awaiting address confirmation" has decreased by 13 but do not affect case rates as they were previously reported, now just in the correct area. The death being counted today was from January, and will be reflected on the deaths by day chart accordingly.

El Dorado County is reporting 1* more resident has tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 7 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 3 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 1 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: -1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 94.

Of those new cases, 0 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 count: -1. Total birthdate unknown to date: 12.

There have been another 1 assumed recoveries with 319 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 446 negative results received.

There is currently 1 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and is in the ICU. As of today, Barton has that patient hospitalized with COVID-19 in the ICU; 0 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall with 0 of them in the ICU. There are 0 suspected COVID-positive patients. Also according to the State website, Barton has 3 available ICU bed, Marshall 2.

There has been one additional death recorded, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 108. This person died in January:
Female, 65+ from Greater Placerville

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
- Adjusted case rate: 3.9
- Positivity rate: 2.5%
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 3.2%

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 April 6:

· 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.

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, Diamond Springs/El Dorado.

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

County-wide there have been 9,448 cases with 2,502 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 506, 7 in last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2034, 32 in the last 14 days, 75 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 431, 8 in the last 14 days, 85 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 432, 9 in the last 14 days, 62 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1695, 23 in the last 14 days, 63 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,630, 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 - 2502, 48 in the last 14 days, 159 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 20 new cases and 70 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,890, with 10,992 recoveries and 222 deaths; 676 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,187 Total Cases (+13 from 3/30)
-272 Active (-33 from 3/30)
-5,793 Recovered (+46 from 3/30)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 3/30)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,680 Total (+2 from 3/30)
-173 Active (-11 from 3/30)
-2,472 Recovered (+13 from 3/30)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 3/30)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,933 Total (+4 from 3/30)
-222 Active (-7 from 3/30)
-2,649 Recovered (+11 from 3/30)
-62 Deaths (+0 from 3/30)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-90 Total (+1 from 3/30)
-9 Active (+1 from 3/30)
-78 Recoveries (+0 from 3/30)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 3/30)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-11,890 Total Cases (+20 from 3/30)
- 676 Cases (-50 from 3/30)
-10,992 Recovered (+70 from 3/30)
-222 Deaths (+0 from 3/30)

Washoe County

Washoe County has not updated their data. The figures below are from Tuesday.

The Regional Information Center is reporting 25 additional COVID-19 cases in Washoe County with 203 recoveries since yesterday. No additional COVID-19-related deaths were reported.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 44,093 (25)
Estimated recoveries: 41,497 (+203)
Deaths: 660 (+0)
Active cases: 1,936 (-374)
Hospitalized: 23 (-2)
Positivity Rate: 5.2%

448 (+22) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 34 (-9) active ones. There are 12 (+2) confirmed cases, 0 (+0) active cases, and 12 recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Placer County

There have been 23 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 158 (+0) are in Tahoe City 520.9 cases/100,000, 362 (+4) in Kings Beach 907.7 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 2.4 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 5.6 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 1.0 percent, 14-day increase is 2.0 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 80.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 97.0 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 56.2 cases per 100,000

20,952 cases (+23) with 783 (+5) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 19 (+3) (11 are residents) with 3 (-1) in ICU (2 are residents)
Deaths - 27 (+2)
Likely recoveries - 20,161 (+35)

Nevada County

There are 9 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 0 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,272=81 (+9) with 1183 (+0) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,096 (+5)
Active Cases - 107 (+6)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 5 (+0)

Alpine County

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