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 yesterday: 2 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 6 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 6 in North County, 1 in Greater Placerville, 5 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: 93.

Of those new cases, 5 are under the age of 18, 13 are age 18-49, 5 are aged 50-64, and 1 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 11.

There have been another 12 assumed recoveries with 355 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 384 negative results received.

There are currently 0 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 0 patients 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 beds, Marshall 3.

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: 4.4
- Positivity rate: 2.5%
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 2.9%

The county moves to the Orange Tier, effective 4/7/21. The numbers below are what is needed to move down to Yellow. All tiers are slated to be gone by June 15.

· Adjusted case rate of less than 1
· Positivity rate of less than 2%
· Health equity quartile positivity rate of less than 2.2%

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, El Dorado Hills.

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, 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 9,538 cases with 2,523 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 512, 8 in last 14 days, 59 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2060, 56 in the last 14 days, 132 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 432, 5 in the last 14 days, 53 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 440, 12 in the last 14 days, 83 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1707, 26 in the last 14 days, 71 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,646, 23 in the last 14 days, 65 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 125, 4 in the last 14 days, 39 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2523, 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 16 new cases and 62 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 11,993, with 11,335 recoveries and 222 deaths; 436 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,235 Total Cases (+8 from 4/5)
-199 Active (-10 from 4/5)
-5,914 Recovered (+18 from 4/5)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 4/5)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,705 Total (+6 from 4/5)
-108 Active (-6 from 4/5)
-2,562 Recovered (+12 from 4/5)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 4/5)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,963 Total (+2 from 4/5)
-122 Active (-28 from 4/5)
-2,779 Recovered (+30 from 4/5)
-62 Deaths (+0 from 4/5)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-90 Total (+0 from 4/5)
-7 Active (-2 from 4/5)
-80 Recoveries (+2 from 4/5)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 4/5)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-11,993 Total Cases (+16 from 4/5)
-436 Cases (-46 from 4/5)
-11,335 Recovered (+62 from 4/5)
-222 Deaths (+0 from 4/5)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 38 additional COVID-19 cases, 1 COVID-19-related death and 74 recoveries. The deceased is a male in his 70s with an underlying health condition. There have been 662 COVID-19-related deaths in Washoe County.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 44,464 (+38 from 4/5)
Deaths: 662 (+1)
Recovered: 41,853 (+74)
Active cases: 1,949 (-33)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 32 (+2)
Positivity rate: 6.1% (+0.3%)

450 (-2) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 25 (-4) active ones. There are 12 (+0) confirmed cases, 0 (+0) active cases, and 12 recovered cases in Crystal Bay (Population 661).

Placer County

There have been 51 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 159 (+0) are in Tahoe City 524.2 cases/100,000, 366 (+2) in Kings Beach 917.8 cases/100,000, 62 (+0) in Olympic Valley 467.6 cases/100,000, 84 (+0) in Truckee 45.2 cases/100,000, 52 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 313.4 cases/100,000.

Their seven-day test rate is 2.5 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 7.5 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 1.2 percent, 14-day increase is 2.6 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 101.4 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 111.3 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 34.3 cases per 100,000

21,239 cases (+51) with 791 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 20 (-1) (12 are residents) with 2 (-1) in ICU (0 are residents)
Deaths - 277 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 20,417 (+40)

Nevada County

There are 52 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 2 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,361 (+45) with 1187 (+0) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,175 (+19)
Active Cases - 111 (-11)
Deaths - 75 (+1)
Hospitalizations - 2 (-1)

Alpine County

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