COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 13 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 1 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 5 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 1 in North County, 3 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 0 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 0. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 97.

Of those new cases, 1 is under the age of 18, 7 are age 18-49, 4 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 20 assumed recoveries with 452 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 442 negative results received.

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

There have been no additional deaths. Since March 2020 there have been 109 COVID-related deaths in El Dorado County.

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

- Adjusted case rate: 9.0 (+0.5) (Red Tier- more than 10 is purple)
- Positivity rate: 3.7% (-0.1%) (Orange Tier)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 3.9% (+0%) (Orange Tier)

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, Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue and Placerville.

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

Low (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 25 or less) - South County

County-wide there have been 9,831 cases with 2,576 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 517, 4 in last 14 days, 29 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2150, 81 in the last 14 days, 191 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 439, 7 in the last 14 days, 74 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 462, 19 in the last 14 days, 131 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1768, 50 in the last 14 days, 137 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,695, 46 in the last 14 days, 130 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 127, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2576, 47 in the last 14 days, 155 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 28 new cases and 28 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,346, with 11,684 recoveries and 225 deaths; 437 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,382 Total Cases (+11 from 4/21)
-192 Active (+3 from 4/21)
-6,068 Recovered (+8 from 4/21)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 4/21)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,778 Total (+4 from 4/21)
-96 Active (-8 from 4/21)
-2,647 Recovered (+12 from 4/21)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 4/21)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,089 Total (+12 from 4/21)
-141 Active (+5 from 4/21)
-2,883 Recovered (+7 from 4/21)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 4/21)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-97 Total (+1 from 4/21)
-8 Active (+0 from 4/21)
-86 Recoveries (+1 from 4/21)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 4/21)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,346 Total Cases (+28 from 4/21)
- 437 Cases (+0 from 4/21)
-11,684 Recovered (+28 from 4/21)
-225 Deaths (+0 from 4/21)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center reports one additional COVID-19 related death, 58 new COVID-19 cases, and 66 recoveries. The deceased is a man in his 50s with an underlying condition.

Total COVID-19 Cases in Washoe County: 45,060 (+40 as of 4/21)
Deaths: 668 (+0)
Recovered: 42,464 (+104)
Active cases: 1,928 (-37)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 28 (+3)
Positivity rate: 7.1%

463 (+0) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 31 (+0) 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 22 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 164 (+0) are in Tahoe City 540.7 cases/100,000, 384 (+1) in Kings Beach 962.9 cases/100,000, 64 (+0) in Olympic Valley 482.7 cases/100,000, 88 (+0) in Truckee 46.8 cases/100,000, 61 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 367.7 cases/100,000.

Their seven-day test rate is 3.2 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 10.1 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 0.9 percent, 14-day increase is 2.6 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 123.8 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 105.5 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 99.9 cases per 100,000

21,979 cases (+22) with 836 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 26 (+0) (9 are residents) with 7 (+0) in ICU (1 is resident)
Deaths - 283 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 21,009 (+44)

Nevada County

There are 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 0 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,505 (+3) with 1224 (+0) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,342 (+24)
Active Cases - 88 (-8)
Deaths - 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 2 (+0)

Alpine County

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