COVID-19 case update for Lake Tahoe area counties; Five new deaths in El Dorado County

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County health officers announced 181 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday. Of those, 27 are in El Dorado Hills, 27 in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, 19 in Greater Placerville, 7 in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, 4 in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 1 in North County, 1 in South County, 92 in Lake Tahoe region. Awaiting address confirmation from today's count: 3 - Total now awaiting address confirmation: 82.

Of those new cases, 15 are under the age of 18, 99 are age 18-49, 43 are aged 50-64, and 23 aged 65 or older. Total date of birthdate unknown: 7

There have been another 151 assumed recoveries with 1,855 assumed active cases.

There have been an additional 281 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 46 COVID-19 patients hospitalized with 9 of them in the ICU at Barton and Marshall. According to the State's website, 9 of the non-ICU patients and 2 of the ICU patients are in Barton, with 37/7 at Marshall. There are no suspected cases at either hospital. Also according to the State website, Barton has 4 available ICU beds, Marshall 3, but as previously shared before, each hospital can expand their capacity depending on staff and other variables. El Dorado County is part of the Sacramento Region. As a region there is 9.4 percent ICU bed availability. The four-week projection of availability does not meet criteria to exit the latest stay-at-home order.

There have been five additional deaths, the total for El Dorado County residents dying from COVID-19 is 38:
- 50-64; Male from Diamond Springs, El Dorado
- 65+; Male from Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz
- 65+; Male from Greater Placerville
- 65+; Female from Greater Placerville
- 65+; Female from El Dorado Hills

The county moved into the purple tier November 17 and started the Stay-at-Home order December 10 which they exited January 12. To move from purple down to red, or "substantial," the daily new cases need to be 4-7 per 100,000 and the county needs a 5 percent to 8 percent positive test rate. In that range, schools can open for in-person learning after being in red tier for 14 days.

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 12.9 percent positivity and the 14-day rate of new cases is 829 (+42).

With respect to the tier assignment measures:
Adjusted case rate: 54.8
Positivity rate: 16.1%
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 16.6%

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 7,222 cases with 1976 of those in the Lake Tahoe area (including South Lake Tahoe, Meyers, Strawberry, and Tahoma).

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz - 385, 94 in last 14 days, 693 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95726, 95720, 95709)

El Dorado Hills - 1518, 185 in the last 14 days, 435 per 100,000 rate (Zip Code 95762)

Diamond Springs, El Dorado - 333, 101 in the last 14 days, 1074 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95623, 95619)

North County - 313, 64 in the last 14 days, 442 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95664, 95614, 95651, 95635, 95634, 95633)

Greater Placerville - 1324, 353 in the last 14 days, 964 per 100,000 (Zip codes 95643, 95613, 95667)

Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue - 1,209, 268 in the last 14 days, 758 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95672, 95682)

South County - 82, 20 in the last 14 days, 193 per 100,000 rate (Zip codes 95684, 95656, 95629, 95666, 95636)

Lake Tahoe region - 1976, 484 in the last 14 days, 1600 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 is reporting Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 that there are three additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. CCHHS is also reporting 111 new cases and 48 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region.

The individuals were:
— A female Carson City resident in her 60’s
— A male Carson City resident in his 60’s
— A male Carson City resident in his 80’s

This brings the total number of cases to 10,064, with 5,258 recoveries and 155 deaths; 4,651 cases remain active.

No other data was available Tuesday.

In Carson City there are currently 17 (-17) people hospitalized with 10 (+10) of them in the ICU. There are 2 suspected cases of COVID-19 in the hospital. 83% of ICU beds are currently occupied.

In Douglas County there are currently 6 (+1) people hospitalized with COVID-19 with 0 (+0) of them in the ICU along with 0 suspected cases. 0% of ICU beds are occupied.

Washoe County

The Regional Information Center is reporting 239 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths in Washoe County since yesterday.

Total COVID-19 cases in Washoe County: 38,562 (+239)
Deaths: 539 (+5)
Estimated recoveries: 22,319 (+97)
Active cases: 15,699 (+137)

268 (+8) of the confirmed cases to date are in Incline Village with 107 (+3) active ones. There are 6 (+0) confirmed cases, 3 (+0) active cases, and three recovered cases in Crystal Bay.

Currently hospitalized: 199 (+13) and suspected COVID-19 hospitalized: 8
Currently in ICU: 45 (+10)
Total patients on ventilators: 36 - 20%

Number of licensed in-person beds and occupancy - 1518 - 65%
Number of staffed in-patient beds and occupancy - 1291 - 76%
ICU Beds - 233
Occupied ICU Beds - 115 - 49%

Placer County

There have been 157 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Placer County since yesterday.

Lake Tahoe area cases - 124 (+1) are in Tahoe City, 266 (+1) in Kings Beach, 45 (+0) in Olympic Valley, 63 (+0) in Truckee, 42 (+0) in Carnelian Bay.

Their seven-day test rate is 13.5 percent positive, and average daily case rate for last 7 days is 49.7 per 100,000. Seven-day increase is 6.2 percent, 14-day increase is 17.4 percent.

South Placer - 694.5 cases per 100,000
Mid Placer - 576.2 cases per 100,000
East Placer - 196.6 cases per 100,000

16,135 cases (+157) with 590 (+2) of those in the Lake Tahoe area
Hospitalized - 147 (-9) (75 are residents) with 26 (-7) in ICU (13 are residents)
Deaths - 160 (+0)
Likely recoveries - 12,529 (+185)

Nevada County

There are 35 new cases of COVID-19 in Nevada County with 7 of those new cases near the Truckee area since yesterday.

Confirmed cases - 3,013 (+35) with 938 (+7) of those in East County (Truckee area)
Likely recovered - 2,345 (+11)
Active Cases - 598 (+24)
Deaths - 70 (+0)
Hospitalizations - 13 (+0)

Alpine County

Confirmed Cases - 72 (+1)
Active Cases - 3 (-1)
Likely recovered - 69 (+4)
Deaths - 0
Hospitalized - 0 (-1)