COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officials say another nine residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, two are in El Dorado Hills, two in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, two in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, four in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, and a -1 for the Lake Tahoe Region due to a previously reported case not being a resident.

Of these new cases, one is under the age of 18, three are in the 18-49 age group, three in the 50-64 group, and two aged 65 or older.

Another 163 people were tested for the coronavirus and 154 negative tests results were received.

There have been another seven assumed recoveries. There are currently no COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Barton or Marshall hospitals and no suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital.

There have been four deaths in the county since the pandemic started.

El Dorado County has moved to the orange/moderate tier of reopening. To move to the next tier, the yellow/minimal tier, the average daily rate of new cases needs to be less than one per 100,000 residents, and positivity rate of less than two 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 0.9 percent, and the 14-day rate of new cases is 35 (+3). No county regions are in the High Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100 or greater), South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado Hills, Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, and Shingle Springs/Cameron Park/Rescue are in the Moderate range, with the rest of the county in the low range (25 or less per 100,000 for last 14 days).

County-wide there have been 1,087 cases with 467 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 33, 6 in last 14 days, 44 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 272, 23 in the last 14 days, 54 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 31, 2 in the last 14 days, 21 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 28, 1 in the last 14 days, 7 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 116, 4 in the last 11 days, 11 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 128, 18 in the last 14 days, 51 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 12, 2 in the last 14 days, 19 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 467, 12 in the last 14 days, 40 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 ten new cases and fourteen additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,264, with 1,134 recoveries and sixteen deaths, 114 cases remain active.

The new cases are:
• A female Carson City resident in her 70’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Carson City resident in his 60’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Carson City resident in her 80’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County resident in her 20’s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A male Lyon County resident in his 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 female Carson City resident in her 60’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 Carson City resident in his 30’s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A female Lyon County 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
-536 Total Cases (+7 from 9/22)
-36 Active (-3 from 9/22)
-492 Recovered (+10 from 9/22)
-8 Deaths (+0 from 9/22)

Douglas County- 50 (+0) / 3 (+0) assumed active are in the 89448 and 89449 part of Lake Tahoe
-296 Total (+0 from 9/22)
-28 Active (-1 from 9/22)
-267 Recovered (+1 from 9/22)
-1 Death (+0 from 9/22)

Lyon County
-423 Total (+3 from 9/22)
- 50 Active (+0 from 9/22)
-366 Recovered (+3 from 9/22)
- 7 Deaths (+0 from 9/22)

Storey County
-9 Total (+0 from 9/22)
-0 Active (+0 from 9/22)
-9 Recoveries (+0 from 9/22)

TOTAL
-1264 Total Cases (+10 from 9/22)
-114 Active Cases (-4 from 9/22)
-1134 Recovered (+14 from 9/22)
-16 Deaths (+0 from 9/22)

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. These events are testing only, flu vaccine will not be available.
• September 24th, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
o East Fork Fire Station 12 (3620 N Sunridge Dr, Carson City)
• September 25th, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
o Lockwood Senior Center (800 Peri Ranch Rd, Lockwood)
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 135 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 8,878 (+135 from 9/22)
Deaths: 154 (+0)
Estimated recoveries: 7,579 (+113)
Active cases: 1,145 (-32)
Currently hospitalized: 68 (+16)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 640 (+8)

91 (+2) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 10 (-2) active ones, and no active and two recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Placer County

There have been 16 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 24 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 110 (+1) in Kings Beach, 9 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 19 (+0) in Truckee, 8 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 3.1 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 4.0 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 4.1 percent, 14-day increase is 8.7 percent.

3,523 cases (+16) with 184 (+1) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 24 (-1) with 11 (+1) in ICU
Deaths - 43 (+1)
Negative test results - 85,253 (+767)
Likely recoveries - 3,203 (+24)

Nevada County

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

Confirmed cases - 525 (+3) with 203 (+1) in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 482 (+3)
Active Cases - 40 (+0)
Deaths - 6 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 3 (+0)
Patients tested for the week - 19,209 (+0)

Alpine County

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