COVID-19 cases for Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - There have been 98 new cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado County since yesterday.

As of Tuesday, August 17, 2021:
-- Estimated case rate for unvaccinated population in El Dorado County: 51.6 per 100,000

-- Estimate case rate for vaccinated population in El Dorado County: 11.3 per 100,000
-- Estimated number of post vaccination (breakthrough) cases to date: 350

Definition of a post vaccination case used to produce these estimates: A post vaccination case is defined as a case who has received a positive molecular (eg. PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2 & whose episode date occurs 14 or more days after the date they completed their full one-dose or two-dose COVID-19 vaccination series. Post vaccination cases are identified by comparing El Dorado County’s confirmed case data against the immunization database. Please note that this process may not identify every post vaccination infection, and this figure should be considered an estimate. When additional guidance is released from the California Department of Public Health regarding how post vaccination cases should be identified, this estimate will likely change.

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 640 cases - +4 - The 14-day new case rate is 50 with 369 per 100,000 residents.
El Dorado Hills - 2717 cases - +27 - The 14-day new case rate is 190 with 447 per 100,000 residents.
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 582 cases - +6 - The 14-day new case rate is 47 with 500 per 100,000 residents.
North County - 618 cases - +11 - The 14-day new case rate is 63 with 435 per 100,000 residents.
Greater Placerville - 2252 cases - +13 - The 14-day new case rate is 177 with 483 per 100,000 residents.
Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue - 2173 cases - +19 - The 14-day new case rate is 199 with 563 per 100,000 residents.
South County - 169 cases - +0 - The 14-day new case rate is 16 with 154 per 100,000 residents.
Lake Tahoe region - 3210 cases - +25 - The 14-day new case rate is 255 with 843 per 100,000 residents.
- -7 awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 100)

18 aged 0-17, 46 aged 18-49, 26 aged 50-64, 8 aged 65+; 0 date of birth unknown (total date of birth unknown is 13)

The active case count is 1,387 - +44. 0 additional negative test results (The CDPH source we use for the number of negative test results, adjusted case rate, positivity rate and health equity quartile positivity rate has not been updated today)
- 54 assumed recoveries (11,074).

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

There are 30 (+1) hospitalized with 10 (+1) in the ICU. Of these patients, 21 are hospitalized at Marshall, 9 at Barton. Of the ICU patients, 4 are in Barton, 6 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 2 available ICU beds in the county, 1 at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe, 1 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: 32.4 (+0)
Positivity rate: 11.3% (+0%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 14.1% (+0%)

Vaccine measures:
Cumulative fully vaccinated: 95,706 (49.6%) (+0.1%)
Cumulative with at least one dose: 108,333 (56.1%) (+.1%)

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

All other counties around Lake Tahoe are recapped on Fridays.