COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A South Lake Tahoe area man has become the third person to die from COVID-19 in the county. El Dorado County officials say the deceased was in the 50-64 age group and had been hospitalized in another county.

Officials say another 14 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday. Of those, seven are in South Lake Tahoe, five in El Dorado Hills, one in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, and one in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz.

Another 467 people were tested for the coronavirus and 453 negative tests results were received.

There have been another 12 assumed recoveries. One more person has been hospitalized in the ICU, now with a total of two, and there are no suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital.

El Dorado County is currently in the red/substantial tier of reopening. To move to the orange/moderate tier, the average daily rate of new cases needs to be four per 100,000 residents, and positivity rate of less than five percent for the previous two weeks. See more HERE.

The County 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: (symptom onset date, diagnosis date, specimen collection date, date received, or date of death) and serves as the best approximation of the date of infection.

The 7-day positivity rate for El Dorado County is 2.0 percent, and the 14-day rate of new cases is 40 (+0). The Lake Tahoe region moved from the High (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100 or greater) to moderate with half of the rest of the county (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99). The other half (4 regions) are in the low range (25 or less per 100,000 for last 14 days).

County-wide there have been 1,046 cases with 465 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 29 (+1), 6 (+2) in last 14 days, 44 (+15) per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 258 (+5), 24 (-1) in the last 14 days, 56 (-3) per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 28 (+0), 0 (-1) in the last 14 days, - (=11) per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 27 (+0), 1 (+0) in the last 14 days, 7 (+0) per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 113 (+0), 8 (-1) in the last 14 days, 22 (-3) per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 116 (+1), 18 (+2) in the last 14 days, 51 (+6) per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 10 (+0), 1 (-1) in the last 14 days, 10 (-9) per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 465 (+7), 18 (-1) in the last 14 days, 60 (-3) 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 23 new cases and 39 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 1,154, with 1,048 recoveries and fifteen deaths, 91 cases remain active.

The Monday cases are:
• A male Carson City resident in his 80’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 20’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 20’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 male Douglas County resident in his 30’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 50’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County resident in her 20’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County resident in her 20’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
-494 Total Cases (+6 from 9/13)
-43 Active (-6 from 9/13)
-443 Recovered (+12 from 9/13)
-8 Deaths (+0 from 9/13)

Douglas County- 48 (+0) / 2 (+0) assumed active are in the 89448 and 89449 part of Lake Tahoe
-274 Total (+2 from 9/13)
-16 Active (+1 from 9/13)
-257 Recovered (+1 from 9/13)
-1 Death (+0 from 9/13)

Lyon County
-377 Total (+2 from 9/13)
- 32 Active (+1 from 9/13)
-339 Recovered (+1 from 9/13)
- 6 Deaths (+0 from 9/13)

Storey County
-9 Total (+0 from 9/13)
-0 Active (-2 from 9/13)
-9 Recoveries (+2 from 9/13)

TOTAL
-1154 Total Cases (+10 from 9/13)
-91 Active (-6 from 9/13)
-1048 Recovered (+16 from 9/13)
-15 Deaths (+0 from 9/13)

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 are two drive-thru COVID-19 testing events for Quad-County residents this week. Testing is free of charge; first come, first served, no appointments or reservations.
• September 16th, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
o Mills Park Seely Loop (Seely Loop, Carson City, enter off of Saliman Rd)
• September 17th, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
o Silver Springs Senior Center (2945 Ft Churchill St, Silver Springs)

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 270 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in Washoe County since Friday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 8,142 (+270 from 9/11)
Deaths: 149 (+2)
Estimated recoveries: 6,775 (+144)
Active cases: 1,218 (+66)
Currently hospitalized: 40 (-1)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 610 (+3)

79 (+0) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 4 (-2) active ones, and no active and two recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Placer County

There have been 49 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since Friday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 24 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 90 (+1) in Kings Beach, 9 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 17 (+0) in Truckee, 8 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 3.5 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 5.6 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 4.4 percent, 14-day increase is 10 percent.

3,325 cases (+49) with 161 (+2) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 28 (-1) with 9 (-1) in ICU
Deaths - 39 (+1)
Negative test results - 77,185 (+1999)
Likely recoveries - 2,986 (+59)

Nevada County

There have been 1 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County and three new cases near the Truckee area since Friday.

Confirmed cases - 494 (+12) with 195 (+3) in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 440 (+21)
Active Cases - 49 (-0)
Deaths - 5 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 4 (+1)
Patients tested for the week - 18,556 (+587)

Alpine County

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