COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 18 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 2 in El Dorado Hills, 1 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 3 in North County, 8 in Greater Placerville, 5 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 1 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: -2. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 95.

Of those new cases, 1 is under the age of 18, 12 are age 18-49, 3 are aged 50-64, and 2 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 11.

There have been another 22 assumed recoveries with 479 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 405 negative results received.

There are currently 4 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and 1 of those is in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 0 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the ICU and 4hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall, with 1 in the ICU. There are 0 suspected COVID-positive patients in the ICU at Barton. Also according to the State website, Barton has 4 available ICU beds, Marshall 3.

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: 8.3 (+0) (Red Tier- more than 10 is purple)
- Positivity rate: 3.4% (+0%) (Orange Tier)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 5.5% (+0%) (Red Tier)

The county moves to the Orange Tier, effective 4/7/21 and was notified on 4/27 they will stay in Orange. 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 9,924 cases with 2,595 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 519, 4 in last 14 days, 29 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2170, 70 in the last 14 days, 165 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 440, 7 in the last 14 days, 74 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 468, 21 in the last 14 days, 145 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1779, 56 in the last 14 days, 153 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,710, 47 in the last 14 days, 133 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 129, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2594, 48 in the last 14 days, 159 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 20 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,430, with 11,785 recoveries and 226 deaths; 419 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,415 Total Cases (+9 from 4/26)
-183 Active (+1 from 4/26)
-6,109 Recovered (+8 from 4/26)
-123 Deaths (+0 from 4/26)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,797 Total (+3 from 4/26)
-92 Active (-4 from 4/26)
-2,670 Recovered (+7 from 4/26)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 4/26)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,118 Total (+7 from 4/26)
-135 Active (+2 from 4/26)
-2,918 Recovered (+5 from 4/26)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 4/25)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-100 Total (+0 from 4/26)
-9 Active (+0 from 4/26)
-88 Recoveries (+0 from 4/26)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 4/26)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,430 Total Cases (+19 from 4/26)
-419 Cases (-1 from 4/26)
-11,780 Recovered (+20 from 4/26)
-226 Deaths (+0 from 4/26)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 26 additional COVID-19 cases in Washoe County and 83 recoveries.

Total, in Washoe County COVID-19 cases: 45,231 (+26 as of 4/26)
Deaths: 668 (+0)
Recovered: 42,702 (+83)
Active cases: 1,861 (-52)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 25 (+1)
Positivity rate: 6.7%

464 (+0) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 30 (-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 13 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 165 (+0) are in Tahoe City 544.0 cases/100,000, 385 (+0) in Kings Beach 965.4 cases/100,000, 64 (+0) in Olympic Valley 482.7 cases/100,000, 88 (-1) 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 8.4 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 0.6 percent, 14-day increase is 2.0 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 109.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 97.0 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 49.9 cases per 100,000

22,120 cases (+13) with 837 (-1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 24 (-5) (6 are residents) with 8 (+0) in ICU (2 are residents)
Deaths - 286 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 21,213 (+49)

Nevada County

There are 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 10 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,556 (+44) with 1236 (+0) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,375 (+7)
Active Cases - 106 (+2)
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)