COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 12 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 3 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 4 in Greater Placerville, 1 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 2 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 2. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 97.

Of those new cases, 2 are under the age of 18, 8 is age 18-49, 2 are aged 50-64, and 0 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 12.

There have been another 28 assumed recoveries with 454 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 832 negative results received.

There are currently 1 COVID-19 patient 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 2 available ICU beds, Marshall 0.

There have been no additional deaths. Since March 2020 there have been 110 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 (-0.2) (Red Tier- more than 10 is purple)
- Positivity rate: 3.2% (+0%) (Orange Tier)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.8% (-0.3%) (Orange 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 9,941 cases with 2,597 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 520, 4 in last 14 days, 29 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2178, 40 in the last 14 days, 113 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 442, 5 in the last 14 days, 53 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 471, 20 in the last 14 days, 138 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1792, 50 in the last 14 days, 137 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,715, 40 in the last 14 days, 113 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 - 2597, 49 in the last 14 days, 162 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 25 new cases and 24 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,468, with 11,832 recoveries and 225 deaths; 411 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,425 Total Cases (+8 from 4/28)
-170 Active (-5 from 4/28)
-6,133 Recovered (+13 from 4/28)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 4/28)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,807 Total (+6 from 4/28)
-94 Active (+2 from 4/28)
-2,678 Recovered (+4 from 4/28)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 4/28)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,134 Total (+9 from 4/28)
-138 Active (+2 from 4/28)
-2,931 Recovered (+7 from 4/28)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 4/28)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-102 Total (+2 from 4/28)
-9 Active (+2 from 4/28)
-90 Recoveries (+0 from 4/28)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 4/28)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,468 Total Cases (+25 from 4/28)
-411 Cases (+1 from 4/28)
-11,832 Recovered (+24 from 4/28)
-225 Deaths (+0 from 4/28)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center reports 40 COVID-19 cases in Washoe County with 105 recoveries.

Total COVID-19 Cases in Washoe County: 45,286 (+40 as of 4/28)
Deaths: 669 (+0)
Recovered: 42,795 (+105)
Active cases: 1,822 (-27)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 28 (+1)
Positivity rate: 6.3%

464 (+1) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 28 (+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 - 166 (+1) are in Tahoe City 547.3 cases/100,000, 388 (+3) in Kings Beach 972.9 cases/100,000, 64 (+3) in Olympic Valley 505.3 cases/100,000, 89 (+0) in Truckee 47.9 cases/100,000, 62 (+1) in Carnelian Bay 373.7 cases/100,000.

The seven-day test rate is 2.9 percent positive, and average daily case rate for 7ast 7 days is 6.9 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 0.8 percent, the 14-day increase is 1.9 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 103.7 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 74.2 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 28.1 cases per 100,000

22,193 cases (+42) with 847 (+8) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 21 (-5) (10 are residents) with 8 (+0) in ICU (2 are residents)
Deaths - 288 (+2)
Likely recoveries - 21,308 (+64)

Nevada County

There are 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 5 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,582 (+12) with 1241 (+5) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,399 (+12)
Active Cases - 108 (+0)
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)