Lake Tahoe area COVID-19 updates: Two new cases in El Dorado County

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There have been two new cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado County since Friday, one in each the South Lake Tahoe area and El Dorado Hills. These new figures bring a total of 34 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county, ten of those on the East Slope (including South Lake Tahoe and Meyers).

On April 3, the South Lake Tahoe region had nine confirmed cases with one being adding and dropped due to error over a week ago.

El Dorado County reports 23 recoveries to date and 1,250 tests taken.

There are now 500 positive cases of the virus in Washoe County (Reno, Sparks, Incline Village), a jump from 389 since Friday. There have been two more deaths, bringing the county's total to 12. 71 recoveries are being reported with 31 currently in the hospital with 39 discharges Monday.

The Quad County region which includes Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County and Storey County is reporting ten new cases over the weekend.

Carson City - 8 active, 1 recovery
Douglas County - 6 active
Lyon County - 2 active
Storey County - 0 cases

In Placer County there are 127 confirmed cases with 18 of those patients in the hospital and 6 in the ICU. Nine of the confirmed cases are in the east portion of the county, which includes Tahoe City, Olympic Valley and Kings Beach. There have been 5 deaths in Placer County.

In the eastern portion of Nevada County, there have been 24 cases of COVID-19 out of the county's 34. Much of the town of Truckee is in Nevada County.