COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health official have announced another 30 positive cases of COVID-19 since yesterday. Of the new cases, ten are in the Lake Tahoe region, nine in El Dorado Hills, four in Greater Placerville, four in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, two in the North County and one in Diamond Springs, El Dorado. There was one aged under 18, 16 in the age group 18-49, eight aged 50-64 and 5 aged 65 or older.

Another 559 tests were administered. The county was notified of 529 negative results and 17 assumed recoveries. There are 173 assumed active cases.

One more person has been admitted to the ICU and there are currently four hospitalized, all in the ICU. There are no suspected cases in the hospital.

There have been a total of two deaths.

The interactive dashboard for COVID-19 shows all current data in both Spanish and English. The dashboard shows cases by episode date, not by the date El Dorado County Public Health was notified about the new case. Episode date is the earliest of the following dates which serves as the best approximation of the date of infection:
- symptom onset date
- diagnosis date
- specimen collection date
- date received
- date of death

The rate of new cases in El Dorado County is the number of cases received in the state’s electronic lab reporting system (CalREDIE) over a 14-day period. The 14-day case rate being used to make the determination for whether or not a county is on the monitoring list is being calculated using episode date.

The 7-day positivity rate for El Dorado County is 4 percent, and the 14-day rate of new cases is 120. The Lake Tahoe region is High (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100 or greater). El Dorado Hills was out of this category but they are back in today. Much of the balance of the county is Moderate (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99).

The new dashboard also shows a graph of all cases, to date, or the estimated date a person become infected.

County-wide there have been 785 cases with 374 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 18, 7 in last 14 days, 52 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 174, 41 in the last 14 days, 96 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 26, 3 in the last 14 days, 32 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 18, 8 in the last 14 days, 55 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 87, 31 in the last 14 days, 85 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 82, 25 in the last 14 days, 71 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 6, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 374, 104 in the last 14 days, 344 per 100,000 rate (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 thirteen new cases and twenty-six additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 816, with 659 recoveries, and fifteen deaths, 142 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A male Carson City resident in his 40’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County resident in her 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 30’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident under the age 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 30’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Storey County resident in his 40’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 30’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 30’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Douglas County resident in her 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 40’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 40’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Douglas County resident in his 60’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.

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
-364 Total Cases (+7 from 8/10)
-59 Active (-1 from 8/10)
-297 Recovered (+8 from 8/10)
-8 Deaths (+0 from 8/10)

Douglas County - 36 (+1) are in the 89448 and 89449 part of Lake Tahoe
-208 Total (+2 from 8/10)
-36 Active (-6 from 8/10)
-171 Recovered (+8 from 8/10)
-1 Death (+0 from 8/10)

Lyon County
-238 Total (+3 from 8/10)
-46 Active (-7 from 8/10)
-186 Recovered (+10 from 8/10)
- 6 Deaths (+0 from 8/10)

Storey County
-6 Total (+1 from 8/10)
-1 Active (+1 from 8/10)
-5 Recoveries (+0 from 8/10)

TOTAL
-816 Total Cases (+13 from 8/10)
-142 Active (-13 from 8/10)
-659 Recovered (+26 from 8/10)
-15 Deaths (+0 from 8/10)

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

Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing for Quad-County Residents
There is one drive-thru COVID-19 testing event for Quad-County residents this week. Testing is free of charge; first come, first served, no appointments or reservations.
• August 14, 8 a.m. to 11a.m.
o Douglas High School (1670 NV-88, Minden)

For those who are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or have questions, call the Quad-County COVID-19 Hotline Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Spanish speakers are available. The phone number is (775) 283-4789.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 88 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 5,907 (+72 from 8/10)
Deaths: 121 (+1)
Estimated recoveries: 4,704 (+90)
Active cases: 1,082 (-19)
Currently hospitalized: 87 (+1)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 431 (+0)

69 (+0) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 10 (+0) active ones, and no active and two recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Placer County

There have been 220 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday. County officials say the statewide reporting system is experiencing processing delays and figures may be underestimated.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 14 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 62 (+0) in Kings Beach, 8 (+0) in Olympic Village, 16 (+0) in Truckee, 5 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 11 percent positive, and 14-day case rate is 118.7 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 19 percent, 14-day increase is 33 percent.

2,377 cases (+58) with 113 (+0) in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 63 (+4) with 12 (+2) in ICU
Deaths - 24 (+2)
Negative test results - 40,413 (+2,511)
Likely recoveries - 1,947 (+67)

Nevada County

There were no new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County or the Truckee area.

Confirmed cases - 357 (+0) with 160 (+0) in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 306 (+5)
Active Cases - 50 (-5)
Deaths - 1 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 4 (+1)
Patients tested for the week - 14,259 (+0)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 2 (+0)
Active Cases - 0 (-0)
Likely recovered - 2 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0