COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 474 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. This includes the approximate 200 positive cases that needed to be assigned to a region. Of those, 100 are in El Dorado Hills, 75 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 78 in Greater Placerville, 14 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 21 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 29 in North County, 2 in South County, 93 in Lake Tahoe region. There are 62 of the new cases awaiting address confirmation, and the pending address confirmation count is now 74.

One of those new cases, 61 are under the age of 18, 232 are aged 18-49, 119 are aged 50-64, and 62 aged 65 or older.

There have been another 58 assumed recoveries with 1330 assumed active cases.

(76,747) total negative test results - Negative test disclaimer: Whereas laboratory-confirmed case numbers reflect only El Dorado County residents, negative results may also include some non-El Dorado County residents whose tests were performed within the county. Total negative results include results for individuals who have been tested more than once. This differs from the count of total confirmed cases, as individuals who test positive on multiple occasions are only counted as a single case. For this reason, these two numbers (total confirmed cases and total negative test results) are not comparable and should not be used together to calculate a positivity rate. Only PCR or NAAT tests (tests that detect viral RNA) are included in this estimate of "Total Negative Test Results". Antigen tests and antibody (serology) tests are not included in this estimate.

There are currently 20 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with nine of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. There is one suspected case hospitalized.

18.8% - Percent of staffed ICU beds available in the Greater Sacramento Region according to the State. Once that total dips below 15% the state will issue a Stay At Home directive.

To date, eight county residents have died from COVID-19.

The county moved into the purple tier November 17.

To view the interactive dashboard: http://eldoradocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/b5315baf88c34be996a16c6f0b8fdcfb

The County dashboard shows cases by episode date, not by the date El Dorado County Public Health was notified abou.t 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 12.3 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 675 (+238).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 36.6
Positivity rate: 12.1%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 14.5%

The whole county is currently in the High Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 100). To move down to the Moderate Tier (case rate per 100,000 population over the previous 14 days of 26-99). The Low Tier is 25 or less per 100,000 for last 14 days.

County-wide there have been 3,356 cases with 1127 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 149, 64 in last 14 days, 472 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 848, 312 in the last 14 days, 734 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 102, 40 in the last 14 days, 425 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 133, 63 in the last 14 days, 435 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 394, 158 in the last 11 days, 431 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 497, 221 in the last 14 days, 625 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 32, 13 in the last 14 days, 125 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1127, 361 in the last 14 days, 1193 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

We are reporting an additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individual was a male Douglas County resident in his 80’s.

We are also reporting 402 new cases and 6 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. Of the new cases reported today, 232 are from the Stewart Conservation Camp. We have requested these individuals not be counted in the Quad-County numbers. This request was sent to the Nevada COVID-19 Mitigation and Management Task Force and they indicated at the last meeting that there would be further discussion on this topic. Until we receive the approval to remove the prison numbers from the Quad-County numbers, we are required to include them in the numbers. This brings the total number of cases to 6,420, with 3,086 recoveries and 59 deaths; 3,275 cases remain active.

Carson City
-3,319 Total Cases (+326 from 12/7)
-1,625 Active (+323 from 12/7)
-1,666 Recovered (+6 from 12/7)
-28 Deaths (+0 from 12/7)

Douglas County (Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 143 (+3) and 78 active cases (+2)
-1,406 Total (+33 from 12/7)
-817 Active (+31 from 12/7)
-582 Recovered (+1 from 12/7)
-7 Deaths (+1 from 12/7)

Lyon County
-1,632 Total (+40 from 12/7)
-804 Active (+38 from 12/7)
-806 Recovered (+2 from 12/7)
-22 Deaths (+0 from 12/7)

Storey County
-63 Total (+3 from 12/7)
-29 Active (+3 from 12/7)
-32 Recoveries (+0 from 12/7)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/7)

TOTAL
-6,420 Total Cases (+402 from 12/7)
-3,275 Active Cases (+395 from 12/7)
-3,086 Recovered (+6 from 12/7)
-59 Deaths (+1 from 12/7)

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/.

In Carson City there are currently 59 (+0) people hospitalized with 12 (+3) of them in the ICU. There is 8 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 104 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 7 (+0) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 2 (-1) of them in the ICU along with no suspected cases. 75 percent of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 1669 new COVID-19 cases and 7 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 28,643 (+1,669) from 12/7
Deaths: 328 (+7)
Estimated recoveries: 16,070 (+75)
Active cases: 12,245 (+264)

Currently hospitalized: 285 (+2) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 11
Currently in ICU: 77 (-8)
On ventilators: 37

186 (+2) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 65 (+2) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 76%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1293 - 89%
ICU Beds - 235
Occupied ICU Beds - 135 - 58%

Placer County

There have been 194 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 82 (+3) are in Tahoe City, 197 (+8) in Kings Beach, 28 (+2) in Olympic Valley, 46 (+0) in Truckee, 27 (+4) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 10.6 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 29.9 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 9.9 percent, 14-day increase is 25.0 percent.

South Placer - 462.2 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 465.0 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 184.1 cases per 100,000

8,173 cases (+194) with 408 (+17) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 142 (+19) with 23 (-1) in ICU
Deaths - 81 (+0)
Negative test results - 168,144 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 6,399 (+201)

Nevada County

There are 35 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 5 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 1,811 (+35) with 611 (+5) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,177 (+74)
Active Cases - 541 (-41)
Deaths - 19 (+2)
Hospitalizations - 18 (+0)
Patients tested for the week - 30,380 (+0)

Alpine County

Alpine County has moved to the red tier.

Confirmed Cases - 57 (+0)
Active Cases - 6 (+0)
Likely recovered - 51 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 3 (+0)