COVID-19 case update for counties around Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County public health officials announced two new confirmed cases in the county, bringing the total COVID-19 cases to 98. The new ones are both male, one from the Lake Tahoe region and the other from El Dorado Hills, one under the age of 17, one in the 18-49 age group.

70 more tests were given, with 6,527 now administered.

There were no new recoveries and no new hospitalizations.

There have been 42 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 - 21 (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 - 8 (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 4 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 41 (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 four new positive cases and five additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 202 with 154 recoveries and five deaths, 43 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A male Douglas County resident in his 70’s
• A female Lyon County resident in her 50’s
• A female Douglas County resident in her 70’s
• A male Douglas County resident in his 50’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
-99 Total
-16 Active
-79 Recovered
-4 Deaths

Douglas County
-35 Total
-9 Active
-26 Recovered

Lyon County
-67 Total
-18 Active
-48 Recovered
- 1 Death

Storey County
-1 Total
-0 Active
-1 Recovery

TOTAL
-202 Total Cases
-43 Active
-154 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 21 additional recoveries from COVID-19 in Washoe County and the total number has surpassed 1,000. There are 12 additional COVID-19 cases in Washoe County.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 1,618 (+12 from 6/2)
Deaths: 61 (+0)
Recoveries: 1,003 (+21)
Active cases: 554 (-9)
Currently hospitalized: 60 (+3)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 132 (+0)

Testing in Washoe County is approaching 1,000 per day
Total number of COVID-19 tests performed in Washoe County as of June 3: 29,677 (+733 since 6/2)
Note: These figures are provided by the State of Nevada and can be found on the State Dashboard. COVID-19 tests may include non-Washoe County residents who were tested in Washoe County.

“We’re averaging close to 1,000 tests per day in Washoe County,” District Health Officer Kevin Dick said. “We’ll be exceeding 30,000 people tested in Washoe County as of today.”

Hospital bed and ventilator information
According to the Nevada Hospital Association, in Washoe County as of June 1, 2020:

68 percent of all staffed short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (+1 since May 31)
47 percent of the all Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (+9%)
18 percent of all ventilators are in use (+3%)
NOTE: Numbers are for all hospital patients in Washoe County and not just COVID-19 patients.

Placer County

There have been 11 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Monday.

240 cases (+23) with 21 (+0) in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 9 (+0) with 2 (-1) in ICU
Deaths - 9 (+0)
Negative test results - 12,256 (+281)

Alpine County

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

Number Patients Tested - 16
negative - 14
pending - 0
positive - 2 (one a non-Alpine County Resident)
hospitalized - 0
deaths - 0
recovered - 1

Nevada County

There has been six new reported cases of COVID-19, all6in the Truckee area.

Confirmed cases - 48 with 36 in the East County (Truckee)
Recovered - 41 (+1)
Active Cases - 6
Deaths - 1
Patients tested - 3,346 (+0)