Four new COVID-19 cases for Lake Tahoe region of El Dorado County
Submitted by paula on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 3:42pm
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - There have been six new cases of COVID-19 in the county since Friday, four in the Lake Tahoe region, one in El Dorado Hills, and one in Cameron Park.
The new cases are two men, four women - five are in the 18-49 age range, one in the 50-64 age range.
Officials have been able to perform an additional 230 tests of people with symptoms. Free testing for COVID-19 for those without symptoms has opened up by appointment only at two locations in El Dorado County, one in South Lake Tahoe and the other in Shingle Springs. These are not antibody tests and only show if a person has the virus at the time of the test.
There have been no new recoveries and the current case number is ten.
Twenty people 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 - 19 (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 - 5 (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 1 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 20 (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)
Washoe County
There are 400 total COVID-19 recoveries from COVID-19 and 67 additional positive cases in Washoe County since Friday.
Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 988 (+67 from 5/1)
Deaths: 34 (+2)
Recoveries: 400 (+57)
Active cases: 554 (+8)
Currently hospitalized: 55 (+12)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 72 (+6)
Hospital bed and ventilator information
In Washoe County as of May 3, 2020:
57 percent of short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (+3% since May 2)
54 percent of the Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (+3%)
15 percent of ventilators are in use (-2%)
Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon
Quad-County Emergency Operations Center (Quad EOC) on Sunday announced one new positive case and five new cases on Saturday with four additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 103, with 57 recoveries and one death, 45 cases remain active.
The new cases are:
• A female Lyon County resident in her 30’s
Carson City Health and Human Services is working to identify close risk contacts to prevent further spread of the disease. Due to medical privacy requirements and to protect their identity, no further information about the case will be released.
Carson City
-48 Total
-20 Active
-27 Recovered
-1 Death
Douglas County
-21 Total
-4 Active
-17 Recovered
Lyon County
-37 Total
-21 Active
-13 Recovered
Storey County
-0 Cases
TOTAL
-103 Total Cases
-45 Active
-54 Recovered
-1 Death
-5 Hospitalizations
Placer County
There were twelve new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County over the weekend.
162 cases with 11 in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 6 with 2 in ICU (figures not updated since Friday)
Deaths - 8
Negative test results - 5.099 (+438)
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. The figures below are the last ones reported on April 27.
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 were no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County over the weekend.
Confirmed cases - 41 with 29 in the East County (Truckee)
Recovered - 38
Deaths - 1
Patients tested - 1,469 (+279)
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