COVID-19 cases for Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - There have been 194 new cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado County since Friday. The 14-day case rates and number of the population per 100,000 residents are continuing to climb closer to data seen at the height of the pandemic in Winter 2020. It is already higher than last summer. At no time during the winter were all areas of El Dorado County in the red, or high spread, category.

While COVID-19 once seemed to target older people, community members and visitors of all ages are now being infected, including children too young to receive the vaccine, according to Barton Health. Similar to national trends, the majority of hospitalizations continue to be among those who are not vaccinated.

Weekend Totals

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 623 cases - +8 - The 14-day new case rate is 39 with 287 per 100,000 residents.
El Dorado Hills - 2658 cases - +29 - The 14-day new case rate is 164 with 386 per 100,000 residents.
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 563 cases - +1 - The 14-day new case rate is 41 with 436 per 100,000 residents.
North County - 596 cases - +10 - The 14-day new case rate is 51 with 352 per 100,000 residents.
Greater Placerville - 2201 cases - +40 - The 14-day new case rate is 161 with 440 per 100,000 residents.
Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue - 2113 cases - +41 - The 14-day new case rate is 168 with 475 per 100,000 residents.
South County - 169 cases - +3 - The 14-day new case rate is 21 with 202 per 100,000 residents.
Lake Tahoe region - 3166 cases - +52 - The 14-day new case rate is 257 with 850 per 100,000 residents.
- 10 awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 106

21 aged 0-17, 109 aged 18-49, 36 aged 50-64, 28 aged 65+; 0 date of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 13)

The active case count is 1,298 - +101. 1,829 additional negative test results
- 84 assumed recoveries (10,897).

To date, 122 El Dorado County residents have died from COVID-19. There were no news deaths this weekend.

There are 27 (+3) hospitalized with 7 (+1) in the ICU. Of these patients, 19 are hospitalized at Marshall, 8 at Barton. Of the ICU patients, 2 are in Barton, 5 at Marshall in Placerville.

Barton Health wants to reassure the community they have room in their ICU and at times the actual numbers and State's figures don't match up due to timing. Currently the State's website says there are 4 available ICU beds in the county, 2 at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe, 2 at Marshall.

Barton Hospital is keeping all patients in negative pressure rooms in the ICU at this time, though only counting actual ICU patients in the figures above. They have more negative pressure ICU rooms should they be needed.

Rates:
Adjusted case rate: 32.0 (+5.3)
Positivity rate: 11.9% (+.5%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 15.4% (+.1%)

Vaccine measures:
Cumulative fully vaccinated: 95,076 (49.2%) (+0.2%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 107,715 (55.8%) (+.3%)

To view the County's COVID-19 page, visit HERE.

All other counties around Lake Tahoe are recapped on Fridays.