COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 121 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 14 are in El Dorado Hills, 2 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 39 in Greater Placerville, 15 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 15 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 9 in North County, 4 in South County, 43 in Lake Tahoe region. 61 of the previously reported cases awaiting address confirmation have been assigned, leaving the pending address confirmation count at 45.

One of those new cases, 23 are under the age of 18, 57 are aged 18-49, 24 are aged 50-64, and 17 aged 65 or older.

There have been another 106 assumed recoveries with 1,636 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 816 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 32 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 9 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 11 of the non-ICU patients and 5 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 21/4 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 11.5 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 829 (+15).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 44.2
Positivity rate: 12.4%
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 4,319 cases with 1320 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 218, 97 in last 14 days, 715 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1054, 346 in the last 14 days, 814 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 154, 66 in the last 14 days, 702 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 178, 78 in the last 14 days, 539 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 618, 325 in the last 11 days, 887 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 692, 331 in the last 14 days, 880 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 40, 13 in the last 14 days, 125 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1320, 327 in the last 14 days, 1081 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 168 new cases and 39 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 7,709, with 3,478 recoveries and 79 deaths; 4,152 cases remain active.

Carson City
-4,150 Total Cases (+122 from 12/15)
-2,265 Active (+98 from 12/15)
-1,846 Recovered (+24 from 12/15)
-39 Deaths (+0 from 12/15)

Douglas County - Cases in the Lake Tahoe area - 158 (+0) and 88 (+0) active cases
-1,636 Total (+17 from 12/15)
-939 Active (+7 from 12/15)
-687 Recovered (+10 from 12/15)
-10 Deaths (+0 from 12/15)

Lyon County
-1,858 Total (+29 from 12/15)
-897 Active (+24 from 12/15)
-909 Recovered (+5 from 12/15)
-28 Deaths (+0 from 12/15)

Storey County
-65 Total (+0 from 12/15)
-27 Active (+0 from 12/15)
-36 Recoveries (+0 from 12/15)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 12/15)

TOTAL
-7,709 Total Cases (+168 from 12/15)
-3,923 Active Cases (+129 from 12/15)
-3,478 Recovered (+39 from 12/15)
-79 Deaths (+0 from 12/15)

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 69 (+4) people hospitalized with 14 (+3) of them in the ICU. There are 7 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 88 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 9 (+0) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 5 (+1) of them in the ICU along with no suspected cases. 150 percent of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 329 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 31,650 (+329) from 12/15
Deaths: 384 (+6)
Estimated recoveries: 17,687 (+122)
Active cases: 13,579 (+201)

Currently hospitalized: 319 (+39) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 14
Currently in ICU: 68 (+5)
Total patients on ventilators: 54 - 31 %

20 (+6) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 73 (+5) 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 - 145 - 62%

Placer County

There have been 250 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 96 (+2) are in Tahoe City, 216 (+3) in Kings Beach, 32 (+1) in Olympic Valley, 51 (+2) in Truckee, 31 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 12.7 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 49.2 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 8.5 percent, 14-day increase is 29.7 percent.

South Placer - 632.9 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 560.5 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 230.9 cases per 100,000

9,972 cases (+250) with 461 (+8) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 163 (-4) with 23 (+2) in ICU
Deaths - 97 (+3)
Likely recoveries - 7,240 (+237)

Nevada County

There are 26 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 10 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 2,123 (+26) with 732 (+10) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 1,580 (+20)
Active Cases - 534 (+4)
Deaths - 34 (+2)
Hospitalizations - 20 (+0)

Alpine County

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