COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There was one new case of COVID-19 reported in El Dorado County Wednesday, a woman in the Diamond Springs/El Dorado area. She is in the 18-49-year-old age group. There has now been a total of 81 reported cases of COVID-19 to date.

There were two new recoveries today, bringing the total number to 59. There are 22 active cases and no hospitalizations or ICU cases reported for confirmed patients. Two people are currently in the ICU in El Dorado County that are suspected of having COVID-19 as well as two hospitalized with suspected COVID-19.

To date, there have been 5,865 tests conducted, 193 of them Wednesday.

There have been 28 cases in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 2 (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 19 (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 11 (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 3 (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 7 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs - 7 (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 4 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 28 (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting an additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths to five. The individual was a female Lyon County resident in her 70’s with underlying health conditions

CCHHS is also reporting two new positive cases and one additional recovery of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 178, with 129 recoveries and five deaths, 44 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A female Carson City resident in her 30’s
• A female Douglas County resident in her 40’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 cases will be released.

Carson City
-91 Total
-29 Active
-58 Recovered
-4 Deaths

Douglas County
-30 Total
-5 Active
-25 Recovered

Lyon County
-56 Total
-10 Active
-45 Recovered
- 1 Death

Storey County
-1 Total
-0 Active
-1 Recovery

TOTAL
-178 Total Cases
-44 Active
-129 Recovered
-5 Deaths
-3 Hospitalizations

Gender and age break down of the cases by county is available at https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/novel-coronavirus-2019/. Statewide numbers can be found at the Nevada Health Response website (nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/).

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 26 new cases of COVID-19 in Washoe County and 12 recoveries. The active case count is at its highest point with 618.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 1,485 (+26 from 5/26)
Deaths: 54 (+0)
Recoveries: 813 (+12)
Active cases: 618 (+14)
Currently hospitalized: 62 (-1)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 122 (+1)

One new resident of Incline Village has tested positive, bringing their total to 22. Crystal Bay remains at 1 case.

Total number of COVID-19 tests performed in Washoe County as of May 27, 2020 - 22,871 (+986 since 5/26)

Hospital bed and ventilator information
According to the Nevada Hospital Association, in Washoe County as of May 26, 2020:

68 percent of all staffed short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (+1 since May 25)
50 percent of the all Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (+2%)
13 percent of all ventilators are in use (+1%)
NOTE: Numbers are for all hospital patients in Washoe County and not just COVID-19 patients.

Placer County

There have been six new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Tuesday, five of them in the Lake Tahoe area.

194 cases (+6) with 18 (+5) in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 5 (+0) with 3 (+0) in ICU
Deaths - 9 (+0)
Negative test results - 10.263 (+297)

Alpine County

There have been no changes to the County's numbers since May 20.

Number Patients Tested - 13
Negative - 11
Pending - 0
Positive - 2 (one a non-Alpine County Resident)
Hospitalized - 0
Deaths - 0
Recovered - 1

Nevada County

Nevada County numbers have not changed since 5/22/20.

Confirmed cases - 41 with 29 in the East County (Truckee)
Recovered - 40 (+0)
Active Cases - 0
Deaths - 1
Patients tested - 2.857 (+668)