COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 6 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 1 in El Dorado Hills, 2 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 1 in North County, -1 in Greater Placerville, 2 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 1 in South County, 1 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: -1. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 96.

Of those new cases, 4 are under the age of 18, 0 are age 18-49, 1 are aged 50-64, and 1 aged 65 or older. Awaiting age confirmation from today's count: 0. Total birthdate unknown to date: 12.

There have been another 14 assumed recoveries with 406 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 309 negative results received.

There are currently 4 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 4 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 0.

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 (+0.2) (Red Tier)
- Positivity rate: 3.0% (+0.2%) (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, Diamond Springs/El Dorado, and Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) - Placerville, Lake Tahoe, North County,

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 10,224 cases with 2,679 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 - 2240, 18 deaths, 49 in the last 14 days, 115 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 460, 4 deaths, 9 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 494, 3 deaths, 13 in the last 14 days, 90 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1839, 45 deaths, 30 in the last 14 days, 82 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,759, 19 deaths, 35 in the last 14 days, 99 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 131, 3 deaths, 0 in the last 14 days, 0 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2679, 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 13 new cases and 25 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,731, with 12,239 recoveries and 226 deaths; 266 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,508 Total Cases (+5 from 5/18)
-98 Active (-6 from 5/18)
-6,287 Recovered (+11 from 5/18)
-123 Deaths (+0 from 5/18)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,896 Total (+4 from 5/18)
-76 Active (+0 from 5/18)
-2,781 Recovered (+4 from 5/18)
-35 Deaths (+0 from 5/18)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,217 Total (+4 from 5/18)
-84 Active (-6 from 5/18)
-3,068 Recovered (+10 from 5/18)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 5/18)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-110 Total (+0 from 5/18)
-8 Active (+0 from 5/18)
-99 Recoveries (+0 from 5/18)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 5/18)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,731 Total Cases (+13 from 5/18)
- 266 Cases (-12 from 5/18)
-12,239 Recovered (+25 from 5/18)
-226 Deaths (+0 from 5/18)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting one additional COVID-19-related death in Washoe County: a female in her 30s with an underlying health condition. There have been 678 COVID-19-related deaths in Washoe County since March 2020.

Additionally, we’re reporting 38 new COVID-19 cases and 72 recoveries.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 45,793 (+38 from 5/18)
Deaths: 678 (+1)
Recovered: 43,381 (+72)
Active cases: 1,734 (+8)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 23 (-3)
Positivity rate: 4.6%

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 56 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 176 (+1) are in Tahoe City 580.3 cases/100,000, 419 (+1) in Kings Beach 1050.7 cases/100,000, 67 (+0) in Olympic Valley 505.3 cases/100,000, 90 (+1) in Truckee 48.4 cases/100,000, 67 (+3) in Carnelian Bay 403.9 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 5.5 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 0.5 percent, the 14-day increase is 1.3 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 68.7 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 45.6 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 68.7 cases per 100,000

22,801 cases (+56) with 898 (+6) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 16 (-4) (7 are residents) with 5 (+0) in ICU (0 are residents)
Deaths - 295 (+1)
Likely recoveries - 22,105 (+52)

Nevada County

There are 6 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 2 of the new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 4,771 (+6) with 1322 (+2) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,567 (+2)
Active Cases - 129 (+6)
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)