COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 113 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 14 are in El Dorado Hills, 29 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 4 in Greater Placerville, 3 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 1 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 3 in North County, 0 in South County, 31 in Lake Tahoe region. 28 of this group awaiting address confirmation and the pending address confirmation count is now 106.

One of those new cases, 9 are under the age of 18, 55 are aged 18-49, 22 are aged 50-64, and 25 aged 65 or older, 2 unknown.

There have been another 110 assumed recoveries with 1,636 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 835 negative results received. 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 29 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 8 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 11 of the non-ICU patients and 4 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 18/4 at Marshall. There is currently one suspected case at Barton.

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

The county moved into the purple tier November 17 and started the Stay-at-Home order December 10.

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 11.7 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 814 (+30).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 45.2
Positivity rate: 12.9%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 15.8%

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 4,198 cases with 1277 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 203, 94 in last 14 days, 693 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1025, 337 in the last 14 days, 793 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 139, 60 in the last 14 days, 638 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 169, 76 in the last 14 days, 525 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 579, 308 in the last 11 days, 841 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 664, 296 in the last 14 days, 837 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 36, 11 in the last 14 days, 106 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1277, 298 in the last 14 days, 985 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 7 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. The individuals were:
• A female Carson City resident in her 100’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 80’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 80’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 90’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 70’s
• A make Carson City resident in his 80’s
• A female Carson City resident in her 70’s

We are also reporting 77 new cases and 20 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 7,541, with 3,439 recoveries and 79 deaths; 4,023 cases remain active.

Carson City
-4,028 Total Cases (+56 from 12/14)
-2,167 Active (+38 from 12/14)
-1,822 Recovered (+13 from 12/14)
-39 Deaths (+5 from 12/14)

Douglas County - Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 158 (+) and 88 (+0) active cases
-1,619 Total (+7 from 12/14)
-932 Active (+5 from 12/14)
-677 Recovered (+2 from 12/14)
-10 Deaths (+0 from 12/14)

Lyon County
-1,829 Total (+14 from 12/14)
-897 Active (+7 from 12/14)
-904 Recovered (+5 from 12/14)
-28 Deaths (+2 from 12/14)

Storey County
-65 Total (+0 from 12/14)
-27 Active (+0 from 12/14)
-36 Recoveries (+0 from 12/14)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/14)

TOTAL
-7,541 Total Cases (+77 from 12/14)
-3,923 Active Cases (+50 from 12/14)
-3,439 Recovered (+20 from 12/14)
-79 Deaths (+7 from 12/14)

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 65 (-8) people hospitalized with 11 (-3) of them in the ICU. There are 6 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 88 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 9 (-1) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 4 (+1) of them in the ICU along with no suspected cases. 125 percent of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 416 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 31,321 (+300) from 12/14
Deaths: 378 (+6)
Estimated recoveries: 17,565 (+114)
Active cases: 13,378 (+180)

Currently hospitalized: 280 (-4) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 38
Currently in ICU: 63 (+2)
Total patients on ventilators: 52 - 30 %

200 (+3) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 68 (+3) active ones, and no currently active case and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 74%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1291 - 87%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 139 - 60%

Placer County

There have been 173 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 94 (+0) are in Tahoe City, 213 (+1) in Kings Beach, 31 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 49 (+2) in Truckee, 31 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 12.6 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 48.3 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 8.0 percent, 14-day increase is 30.5 percent.

South Placer - 615.6 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 540.6 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 237.2 cases per 100,000

9,772 cases (+173) with 453 (+3) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 167 (+13) with 21 (+1) in ICU
Deaths - 94 (+1)
Likely recoveries - 7,003 (+0)

Nevada County

There are 161 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 23 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 2,123 (+161) with 722 (+23) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,561 (+58)
Active Cases - 530 (-4)
Deaths - 32 (+2)
Hospitalizations - 19 (-1)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 63 (+0)
Active Cases - 4 (+0)
Likely recovered - 58 (+0)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 3 (+0)