COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe and surrounding counties

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - One more person has recovered from COVID-19 in El Dorado County, bringing the total number of cases to four. There were no new cases on Wednesday, with 44 total positive tests in the county. There were 50 more tests for the virus Wednesday, with 2,050 total tests issued with 2,006 negative or pending results.

Fifteen in the Lake Tahoe region of the county have tested positive. This region includes South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Kyburz, and Tahoma.

Totals for the county:

Pollock Pines, Camino,Kyburz - 1 (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)
El Dorado Hills - 16 (Zip Code 95762)
Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 0 (Zip codes 95623, 95619)
North County - 2 (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)
Greater Placerville - 5 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)
Cameron Park, Shingle Springs - 4 (Zip codes 95672, 95682)
South County - 1 (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)
Lake Tahoe region - 15 (Zip codes 96150, 96142, 95735, 95721, 96151, 96152, 96154, 96155, 96156, 96157, 96158, 95646)

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting an additional COVID-19-related death in Washoe County: A male in his 70s with underlying health conditions. This is the 30th COVID-19-related death in Washoe County.

Further, there were 24 additional recoveries and 14 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Washoe County.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 848 (+14 from 4/28)
Deaths: 30 (+1)
Recoveries: 321 (+24)
Active cases: 497 (-11)
Currently hospitalized: 37 (+0)
Cases who have discharged from hospital: 64 (+1)

Hospital bed and ventilator information
In Washoe County as of April 28, 2020:

56 percent of short-term, acute-care hospital beds are occupied (-1% since April 27)
45 percent of the Intensive Care Unit beds are occupied (-6%)
20 percent of ventilators are in use (-2%)

The county breaks down cases by zip code, and Incline Village, with a population of 8,800, has 19 cases, or 2.2 per 1,000 people, and Crystal Bay has one. Both of these areas remained the same Thursday. Southeast Reno's 46,907 residents have 138 cases or 2.9 cases per 1,000.

Quad-Counties - Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Lyon

Quad-County Emergency Operations Center (Quad EOC) is reporting no new positive cases and seven additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. The total number of cases remains at 90, with 41 recoveries and one death, 48 cases remain active.

Carson City
-44 Total
-22 Active
-21 Recovered
-1 Death

Douglas County
-19 Total
-7 Active
-12 Recovered

Lyon County
-27 Total
-19 Active
-8 Recovered
-4 Hospitalized

Storey County
-0 Cases

TOTAL
-90 Total Cases
-48 Active
-41 Recovered
-1 Death

As of April 27, 2020, approximately 1,404 tests have been performed by all provides within the Quad-Counties.

They are currently scheduling testing appointments for Quad-County residents who are not experiencing symptoms of COVDID-19. Individuals without symptoms who want to be tested for COVID-19 can call (775) 434-1450 to schedule an appointment. The tests are free to Quad-County residents, no insurance information will be collected. Testing will be available in all four counties; exact locations will be given to the individual when the appointment is scheduled.

The test detects if the virus in a person’s system at the time of testing, it does not detect antibodies. To be tested, an individual must live in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, or Storey counties, have a scheduled appointment, and be free of COVID-19 symptoms. Conducting community-based testing on individuals without symptoms allows CCHHS to provide the needed data to decision-makers.

Placer County

There were no new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County Wednesday.

145 cases with 11 in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 5 (-1) with 1 (+0) in ICU
Deaths - 8
Negative test results - 4,441 (+108)

Alpine County

There have only been updates to the county's testing figures. The two positive case numbers have not risen in a few weeks.

Number Patients Tested - 13
negative - 11
pending - 0
positive - 2 (one a non-Alpine County Resident)
hospitalized - 0
deaths - 0
recovered - 1

Nevada County

There were no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County Wednesday.

Confirmed cases - 41 with 29 in the East County (Truckee)
Deaths - 1