COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County is reporting 8 more residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday: 0 from Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 2 in El Dorado Hills, 0 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 0 in North County, 0 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, -2 in South County, 2 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 3. Total now awaiting address confirmation: 90.

Of those new cases, 1 is under the age of 18, 6 are age 18-49, 2 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 48 assumed recoveries with 280 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 1,458 negative results received.

There are currently 3 COVID-19 patients hospitalized and 1 in the ICU. As of today, Barton has 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 and 1 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 3 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: 4.4 (+0.1)
- Positivity rate: 2.6% (+0.2%)
- Health equity quartile positivity rate: 2.6% (+0.5%)

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%

County-wide vaccination rates:
Vaccine measures (percentages based on 193,098 population):
Cumulative fully vaccinated: 74,840 (38.8%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 91,673 (47.5%)

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) - None

Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99) - Placerville, Lake Tahoe, North County, El Dorado Hills, Diamond Springs/El Dorado, and 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 10,304 cases with 2,698 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 529, 10 deaths, 3 in last 14 days, 22 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 2264, 18 deaths, 28 in the last 14 days, 66 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 463, 4 deaths, 5 in the last 14 days, 53 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 502, 3 deaths, 10 in the last 14 days, 69 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1845, 45 deaths, 13 in the last 14 days, 35 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,782, 19 deaths, 26 in the last 14 days, 74 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 131, 3 deaths, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 2698, 11 deaths, 21 in the last 14 days, 69 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 32 new cases and 20 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,849, with 12,404 recoveries and 227 deaths; 218 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-6,549 Total Cases (+7 from 5/28)
-72 Active (+3 from 5/28)
-6,354 Recovered (+4 from 5/28)
-123 Deaths (+0 from 5/28)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,939 Total (+13 from 5/28)
-72 Active (+3 from 5/28)
-2,831 Recovered (+10 from 5/28)
-36 Deaths (+0 from 5/28)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-3,250 Total (+12 from 5/28)
-67 Active (+7 from 5/28)
-3,118 Recovered (+5 from 5/28)
-65 Deaths (+0 from 5/28)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-111 Total (+0 from 5/28)
-7 Active (-1 from 5/28)
-101 Recoveries (+1 from 5/28)
-3 Deaths (+0 from 5/28)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-12,849 Total Cases (+32 from 5/28)
- 218 Cases (+12 from 5/28)
-12,404 Recovered (+20 from 5/28)
-227 Deaths (+0 from 5/28)

Washoe County

he Regional Information Center is ending its weekday COVID-19 updates after today and encourages the general public to follow the Washoe County COVID-19 Dashboard and State COVID-19 Dashboard for updated COVID-19 information.
May 29, 2021: 11 cases, 55 recoveries
May 30, 2021: 18 cases, 58 recoveries
May 31, 2021: 10 cases, 64 recoveries
June 1, 2021: 0 cases, 0 recoveries (no report due to observance of Memorial Day)

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 45,894 (+39 from 5/28)
Deaths: 681 (+0)
Recovered: 43,656 (+177)
Active cases: 1,557 (-55)
Hospitalized with COVID-19: 18 (-3)
Positivity rate: 3.6%

Placer County

There have been 38 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 181 (+1) are in Tahoe City 593.5 cases/100,000, 430 (+3) in Kings Beach 1070.7 cases/100,000, 68 (+2) in Olympic Valley 497.7 cases/100,000, 89 (+0) in Truckee 47.9 cases/100,000, 68 (+2) in Carnelian Bay 397.8 cases/100,000.

The seven-day test rate is 2.2 percent positive, and the average daily case rate for the last 7 days is 4.2 per 100,000. The seven-day increase is 0.2 percent, the 14-day increase is 0.9 percent.

14-day case rate:
South Placer - 49.0 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 32.8 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 53.0 cases per 100,000

23,042 cases (+38) with 917 (+8) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 15 (-5) (9 are residents) with 4 (+0) in ICU (2 are residents)
Deaths - 297 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 22,464 (+86)

Nevada County

There are 9 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 7 of the new cases near the Truckee area since Friday.

Confirmed cases - 4,812 (+9) with 1335 (+7) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 4,600 (+4)
Active Cases - 142 (+5)
Deaths - 75 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 5 (+3)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 89 (+1)
Active Cases - 0 (+0)
Likely recovered - 89 (+1)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (+0)