COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 5 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 4 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 1 in Greater Placerville, 0 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 0 in South County, 0 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 0. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 97.

Of those new cases, 3 are under the age of 18, 2 are age 18-49, 0 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 16 assumed recoveries with 414 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 357 negative results received.

There are currently 2 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and 0 in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 0 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 0 in the ICU, and 2 hospitalized due to COVID-19 at Marshall, with 0 in their ICU. There are 0 suspected COVID-positive patients. Also according to the State website, Barton has 2 available ICU beds, Marshall 1.

There have been no additional deaths. Since March 2020 there have been 112 COVID-related deaths in El Dorado County.

With respect to the tier assignment measures:

- Adjusted case rate: 6.3 (-0) (Red Tier)
- Positivity rate: 2.8% (-0%) (Orange Tier)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 4.5% (-0%) (Orange Tier)

The county is in the Orange Tier, effective 4/7/21, and is currently staying in that tier. 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) - El Dorado Hills

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) - Placerville, Lake Tahoe, North County, Diamond Springs/El Dorado, Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue.

Low (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 25 or less) - South County, Camino/Kyburz/Pollock Pines

County-wide there have been 10,218 cases with 2,678 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 526, 10 deaths, 3 in last 14 days, 22 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2239, 18 deaths, 49 in the last 14 days, 115 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 458, 4 deaths, 9 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 493, 3 deaths, 13 in the last 14 days, 90 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1840, 45 deaths, 30 in the last 14 days, 82 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,757, 19 deaths, 35 in the last 14 days, 99 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 130, 3 deaths, 0 in the last 14 days, 0 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2678, 11 deaths, 25 in the last 14 days, 83 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 5 new cases and 21 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,718, with 12,214 recoveries and 226 deaths; 278 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,503 Total Cases (+1 from 5/17)
-104 Active (-9 from 5/17)
-6,276 Recovered (+10 from 5/17)
-123 Deaths (+0 from 5/17)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,892 Total (+3 from 5/17)
-76 Active (-7 from 5/17)
-2,781 Recovered (+4 from 5/17)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 5/17)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,213 Total (+1 from 5/17)
-90 Active (-6 from 5/17)
-3,058 Recovered (+7 from 5/17)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 5/17)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-110 Total (+0 from 5/17)
-8 Active (+0 from 5/17)
-99 Recoveries (+0 from 5/17)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 5/17)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,718 Total Cases (+5 from 5/17)
- 278 Cases (-16 from 5/17)
-12,214 Recovered (+21 from 5/17)
-226 Deaths (+0 from 5/17)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 7 additional COVID-19 cases in Washoe County with 63 recoveries since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 Cases in Washoe County: 45,775 (+7 as of 5/17)
Deaths: 677 (+1)
Recovered: 43,372 (+12)
Active cases: 1,726 (-6)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 27 (+2 since 5/14)
Positivity rate: 4.8%

475 (+0) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village (Population 8,800) with 27 (-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 25 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 175 (+0) are in Tahoe City 577.0 cases/100,000, 418 (+0) in Kings Beach 1048.1 cases/100,000, 67 (+0) in Olympic Valley 505.3 cases/100,000, 89 (+0) in Truckee 47.9 cases/100,000, 64 (+0) in Carnelian Bay 557.2 cases/100,000.

The seven-day test rate is 2.1 percent positive, and the average daily case rate for the last 7 days is 5.8 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 0.3 percent, the 14-day increase is 1.2 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 67.7 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 45.6 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 71.8 cases per 100,000

22,745 cases (+25) with 892 (+0) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 20 (-6) (12 are residents) with 5 (+0) in ICU (3 are residents)
Deaths - 294 (+1)
Likely recoveries - 22,053 (+59)

Nevada County

There are 7 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 4 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,765 (+7) with 1320 (+4) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,565 (+7)
Active Cases - 123 (+5)
Deaths - 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 3 (-2)

Alpine County

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