COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A resident of the Lake Tahoe area has died from COVID-19 El Dorado County is reporting 11 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 1 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 1 in El Dorado Hills, 2 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 5 in Greater Placerville, 0 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County 2 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 0. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 93.

Of those new cases, 2 are under the age of 18, 5 are age 18-49, 3 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 10 assumed recoveries with 400 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 769 negative results received.

There are currently 5 COVID-19 patient hospitalized and 1 of those is in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 0 patients hospitalized with COVID-19; all 5 are hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall with 1 of them in the ICU. There are 0 suspected COVID-positive patients in the ICU at Marshall. Also according to the State website, Barton has 4 available ICU beds, Marshall 2.

There has been 1 additional death recorded, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 109. The deceased is a female from the Lake Tahoe region in the 50-64 age group.

With respect to the tier assignment measures (and which color tiers those numbers fall in):

- Adjusted case rate: 7.0 (-1.2)
- Positivity rate: 3.3% (-0.4%)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.4 (-1.2)

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%

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, North County, Placerville, and Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) - Camino/Kyburz/Pollock Pines, Diamond Springs/El Dorado, and South County

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

County-wide there have been 9,688 cases with 2,548 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 516, 10 in last 14 days, 74 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2108, 76 in the last 14 days, 179 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 436, 5 in the last 14 days, 53 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 449, 17 in the last 14 days, 117 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1740, 43 in the last 14 days, 117 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,671, 39 in the last 14 days, 110 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 127, 3 in the last 14 days, 29 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2548, 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 24 new cases and 19 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,191, with 11,561 recoveries and 222 deaths; 408 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,325 Total Cases (+11 from 4/14)
-190 Active (+4 from 4/14)
-6,013 Recovered (+7 from 4/14)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 4/14)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,745 Total (+1 from 4/14)
-93 Active (-4 from 4/14)
-2,617 Recovered (+5 from 4/14)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 4/14)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,029 Total (+12 from 4/14)
-120 Active (+6 from 4/14)
-2,846 Recovered (+6 from 4/14)
-62 Deaths (+0 from 4/14)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-92 Total (+0 from 4/14)
-5 Active (-1 from 4/14)
-84 Recoveries (+1 from 4/14)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 4/14)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,191 Total Cases (+24 from 4/14)
- 408 Cases (+5 from 4/14)
-11,561 Recovered (+19 from 4/14)
-222 Deaths (+0 from 4/14)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 80 additional COVID-19 cases and 14 recoveries. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths went from 665 to 664 after it was determined that a previously-reported case lived outside of Washoe County.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 44,798 (+80 from 4/14)
Deaths: 664 (-1)
Recovered: 42,170 (+14)
Active cases: 1,964 (-25)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 36 (+8)
Positivity rate: 7.2% (+0.0%)

455 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 27 (+1) 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 42 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 163 (+1) are in Tahoe City 537.4 cases/100,000, 379 (+0) in Kings Beach 950.4 cases/100,000, 64 (+0) in Olympic Valley 482.7 cases/100,000, 86 (+0) in Truckee 46.3 cases/100,000, 56 (+1) in Carnelian Bay 337.6 cases/100,000.

Their seven-day test rate is 3.6 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 9.6 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 1.0 percent, 14-day increase is 2.6 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 127.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 92.7 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 71.8 cases per 100,000

21,686 cases (+42) with 821 (+2) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 23 (-4) (17 are residents) with 6 (-2) in ICU (1 is resident)
Deaths - 282 (+1)
Likely recoveries - 20,754 (+36)

Nevada County

There are 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 6 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,425 (+12) with 1193 (+6) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,276 (+9)
Active Cases - 86 (+3)
Deaths - 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 3 (-2)

Alpine County

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