COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 27 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 1 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 3 in El Dorado Hills, 2 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 3 in North County, 5 in Greater Placerville, 4 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 8 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 99.

Of those new cases, 8 are under the age of 18, 13 are age 18-49, 5 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 17 assumed recoveries with 491 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 252 negative results received.

There are currently 3 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and 2 in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 2 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 2 in the ICU, and 1 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall, with 0 in their 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: 8.1 (-0) (Red Tier- more than 10 is purple)
- Positivity rate: 3.0% (-0%) (Orange Tier)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.4% (+0%) (Orange Tier)

The county moves to the Orange Tier, effective 4/7/21, and was notified again on 5/4 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, Diamond Springs/El Dorado, Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, and Placerville.

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) - 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 10,067 cases with 2,605 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 522, 6 in last 14 days, 44 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2194, 57 in the last 14 days, 134 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 449, 10 in the last 14 days, 106 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 481, 18 in the last 14 days, 124 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1815, 58 in the last 14 days, 158 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,725, 37 in the last 14 days, 105 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 - 2653, 79 in the last 14 days, 261 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 11 new cases and 20 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,535, with 11,939 recoveries and 225 deaths; 371 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,448 Total Cases (+3 from 5/3)
-158 Active (-2 from 5/3)
-6,168 Recovered (+5 from 5/3)
-122 Deaths (+0 from 5/3)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,822 Total (+7 from 5/3)
-82 Active (+3 from 5/3)
-2,705 Recovered (+4 from 5/3)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 5/3)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,160 Total (+1 from 5/3)
-120 Active (-10 from 5/3)
-2,975 Recovered (+11 from 5/3)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 5/3)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-105 Total (+0 from 5/3)
-11 Active (+0 from 5/3)
-91Recoveries (+0 from 5/3)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 5/3)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,535 Total Cases (+11 from 5/3)
- 371 Cases (-9 from 5/3)
-11,939 Recovered (+20 from 5/3)
-225 Deaths (+0 from 5/3)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center reports 26 additional cases in Washoe County with 75 recoveries. The total number of deaths related to COVID-19 stands at 669.

Total COVID-19 Cases in Washoe County: 45,420 (+26 as of 3/5)
Deaths: 669 (+0)
Recovered: 42,959 (+75)
Active cases: 1,792 (-7)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 45 (+10)
Positivity rate: 5.7%

467 (+0) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 30 (+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 35 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 169 (+0) are in Tahoe City 557.2 cases/100,000, 396 (+0) in Kings Beach 993.0 cases/100,000, 68 (+0) in Olympic Valley 512.8 cases/100,000, 90 (+0) in Truckee 48.4 cases/100,000, 62 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 373.7 cases/100,000.

The seven-day test rate is 2.3 percent positive, and the average daily case rate for the last 7 days is 6.3 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 0.7 percent, the 14-day increase is 1.8 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 103.1 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 61.3 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 56.2 cases per 100,000

22,358 cases (+35) with 861 (+0) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 27 (+0) (11 are residents) with 7 (+0) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths - 289 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 21,533 (+72)

Nevada County

There are 5 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 2 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,653 (+5) with 1272 (+0) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,449 (+45)
Active Cases - 127 (+3)
Deaths - 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 3 (+0)

Alpine County

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