COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 2 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, -1 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, 0 in South County, 1 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: -1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 93.

Of those new cases, 0 are under the age of 18, 0 are age 18-49, 2 are aged 50-64, and 0 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 11.

There have been another 0 assumed recoveries with 321 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 527 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 1.

There has been 0 additional death recorded, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 108.

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
- Adjusted case rate: 5.0
- Positivity rate: 2.8%
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 3.8%

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 9,450 cases with 2,502 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 507, 6 in last 14 days, 44 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2033, 31 in the last 14 days, 73 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 431, 7 in the last 14 days, 74 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 432, 8 in the last 14 days, 55 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1696, 24 in the last 14 days, 66 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,632, 19 in the last 14 days, 54 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, 46 in the last 14 days, 152 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 19 new cases and 72 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,909, with 11,064 recoveries and 222 deaths; 623 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,196 Total Cases (+9 from 3/31)
-272 Active (-0 from 3/31)
-5,802 Recovered (+9 from 3/31)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 3/31)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,683 Total (+3 from 3/31)
-147 Active (-26 from 3/31)
-2,501 Recovered (+29 from 3/31)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 3/31)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,940 Total (+7 from 3/31)
-195 Active (-27 from 3/31)
-2,683 Recovered (+34 from 3/31)
-62 Deaths (+0 from 3/31)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-90 Total (+0 from 3/31)
-9 Active (+0 from 3/31)
-78 Recoveries (+0 from 3/31)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 3/31)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-11,909 Total Cases (+19 from 3/31)
- 623 Cases (-53 from 3/31)
-11,064 Recovered (+72 from 3/31)
-222 Deaths (+0 from 3/31)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 68 additional COVID-19 cases and 74 recoveries in Washoe County.

For more information on the COVID-19 vaccine in Washoe County, please visit our website www.COVID19WashoeVaccine.com. Please note that starting Saturday, April 3, 2021, there no longer will be website and social media COVID-19 updates. The COVID-19 Dashboard will still be updated every day.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 44,148 (+68)
Deaths: 660 (+0)
Recovered: 41,578 (+74)
Active cases: 1,910 (-6)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 30 (+3)
Positivity rate: 5.4% (+0.1%)

449 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 32 (-2) 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 20 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 159 (+1) are in Tahoe City 524.2 cases/100,000, 362 (+0) in Kings Beach 907.7 cases/100,000, 62 (+2) in Olympic Valley 467.6 cases/100,000, 84 (+0) in Truckee 45.2 cases/100,000, 52 (+1) in Carnelian Bay 313.4 cases/100,000.

Their seven-day test rate is 2.3 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 6.5 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 1.0 percent, 14-day increase is percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 79.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 94.1 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 56.2 cases per 100,000

20,972 cases (+20) with 787 (+4) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 23 (+4) (11 are residents) with 4 (+1) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths - 275 (+1)
Likely recoveries - 20,161 (+41)

Nevada County

There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 0 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,294 (+13) with 1183 (+0) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,110 (+14)
Active Cases - 107 (+6)
Deaths - 74 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 4 (-1)

Alpine County

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