COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe and surrounding counties

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - One person in El Dorado County has tested positive for COVID-19 since Monday. The new case is a male from South County aged 50-64, bringing the total testing positive in the county to 44. He was the first South County resident to test positive.

The County tested 60 more people Tuesday, bringing the total of residents being tested to 2000.

One more person has recovered and there are five active cases.

Fifteen in the Lake Tahoe region of the county have tested positive. This region includes South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Kyburz, and Tahoma.

Totals for the county:

Pollock Pines, Camino,Kyburz - 1 (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 16 (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 0 (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 2 (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 5 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs - 4 (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 1 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 15 (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 19 additional recoveries, 14 additional positive cases, an overall decrease of active cases, and no new deaths.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 834 (+14 from 4/27)
Deaths: 28 (+0)
Recoveries: 297 (+19)
Active cases: 509 (-5)
Currently hospitalized: 37 (-1)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 63 (+1)

56 percent of short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (+1% since April 26)
45 percent of the Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (-2%)
20 percent of ventilators are in use (+1%)

The county breaks down cases by zip code, and Incline Village, with a population of 8,800, has 19 cases, or 2.2 per 1,000 people, and Crystal Bay has one. Both of these areas remained the same Thursday. Southeast Reno's 46,907 residents have 137 cases or 2.9 cases per 1,000.

Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon

Quad-County Emergency Operations Center (Quad EOC) is reporting six new positive cases and three additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 90, with 34 recoveries and one death, 55 cases remain active.

The new cases are:

A female Lyon County resident in her 70’s
A female Carson City resident in her 30’s
A male Carson City resident in his 40’s
A female Carson City resident in her 60’s
A female Carson City resident under the age of 18
A female Carson City resident under the age of 18

Carson City
-44 Total
-25 Active
-18 Recovered
-1 Death

Douglas County
-19 Total
-8 Active
-11 Recovered

Lyon County
-27 Total
-22 Active
-5 Recovered
-4 Hospitalized

Storey County
-0 Cases

TOTAL
-90 Total Cases
-55 Active
-34 Recovered
-1 Death

As of April 27, 2020, approximately 1,404 tests have been performed by all provides within the Quad-Counties.

They are currently scheduling testing appointments for Quad-County residents who are not experiencing symptoms of COVDID-19. Individuals without symptoms who want to be tested for COVID-19 can call (775) 434-1450 to schedule an appointment. The tests are free to Quad-County residents, no insurance information will be collected. Testing will be available in all four counties; exact locations will be given to the individual when the appointment is scheduled.

The test detects if the virus in a person’s system at the time of testing, it does not detect antibodies. To be tested, an individual must live in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, or Storey counties, have a scheduled appointment, and be free of COVID-19 symptoms. Conducting community-based testing on individuals without symptoms allows CCHHS to provide the needed data to decision-makers.

Placer County

There were two new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Monday.

145 cases with 11 in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 6 (+1) with 1 (+0) in ICU
Deaths - 8
Negative test results - 4,333 (+511)

Alpine County

There have only been updates to the county's testing figures. The two positive case numbers have not risen in a few weeks.

Number Patients Tested - 13
negative - 11
pending - 0
positive - 2 (one a non-Alpine County Resident)
hospitalized - 0
deaths - 0
recovered - 1

Nevada County

There have been two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County, both in the eastern portion.

Confirmed cases - 41 with 29 in the East County (Truckee)
Deaths - 1