EL DORADO COUNTY, California – Weekly summary of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in counties around Lake Tahoe except El Dorado County which is updated daily.

COUNTY OF EL DORADO

There have been 92 new cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado County since Thursday. The former drive-thru test facility in South Lake Tahoe has been closed due to smoke all week, so testing is limited.

Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz – 651 cases – +7 – The rate of new cases over 14 days is 62 with 457 per 100,000 population.
El Dorado Hills – 2,747 cases – +18 – The 14-day new case rate is 196 with 461 per 100,000 population.
Diamond Springs, El Dorado – 594 cases – +4 – The 14-day new case rate is 60 with 638 per 100,000 population.
North County – 642 cases – +16 – The 14-day new case rate is 80 with 553 per 100,000 population.
Grand Placerville – 2,297 cases – +21 – The 14-day rate of new cases is 206 with 563 per 100,000 population.
Cameron Park / Shingle Springs / Rescue – 2,211 cases – +17 – The 14-day new case rate is 202 with 571 per 100,000 population.
South County – 171 cases – 3 – The 14-day new case rate is 18 with 173 per 100,000 population.
Lake Tahoe area – 3,222 cases – +5 – The 14-day new case rate is 184 with 608 per 100,000 population.
– 1 address awaiting confirmation (the total awaiting address confirmation is 113)

26 from 0 to 17, 39 from 18 to 49, 13 from 50 to 64, 12 from 65 and over; 2 date of birth unknown (total unknown date of birth is 15)

The number of active cases is 1,419 – +32. 836 additional negative test results – 65 supposed recoveries (11,589).
– Fully vaccinated: 97,231 (50.4%)
– At least one dose: 109,933 (56.9%)

To date, 122 residents of El Dorado County have died from COVID-19. There were no new deaths.

There are 28 (+0) hospitalized including 10 (+0) in intensive care. Of these patients, 17 are hospitalized in Marshall, 8 in Barton. Of the intensive care patients, 4 are in Barton, 6 in Marshall in Placerville.

Barton Health wants to reassure the community that they have room in their intensive care unit and at times the actual numbers and state numbers don’t add up due to the timing. Currently, the state website says there are 2 intensive care beds available in the county, 2 at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe, 0 in Marshall.

Barton Hospital currently maintains all patients in negative pressure rooms in the intensive care unit, but only counts actual intensive care patients in the numbers above. They have more intensive care rooms with negative pressure when needed.

Rates:
Adjusted case rate: 38.5 (+0.0)
Positivity rate: 12.1% (-0.3%)
Health equity quartile positivity rate: 12.3% (-2.2%)

Vaccine measures:
Cumulative total vaccinated: 97,231 (50.4%) (+ 0.2%)
Cumulation with at least one dose: 109,933 (56.9%) (+ 0.1%)

From Tuesday, August 24, 2021:
Estimated case rate for the unvaccinated population in El Dorado County: 58.0 per 100,000
Estimated case rate for the vaccinated population in El Dorado County: 15.8 per 100,000
Estimated number of post-vaccination cases to date: 446

Definition of a post-vaccination case used to produce these estimates: A post-vaccination case is defined as a case that has received a positive molecular test (e.g. PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 and whose date of episode occurs 14 days or more after the date they complete their full series of COVID-19 immunizations with one or two doses. Post-vaccination cases are identified by comparing data on confirmed cases from El Dorado County with the vaccination database. Please note that this process may not identify all post-vaccination infections, and this figure should be taken as an estimate. When additional guidance is released by the California Department of Public Health regarding how post-vaccination cases should be identified, this estimate will likely change.

To view the county’s COVID-19 page, visit HERE.

COUNTY OF DOUGLAS AND COUNTY OF QUAD

For the week of 8/19 to 8/25/2021, Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting 9 deaths, 570 new cases and 171 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County area. This brings the total number of cases to 15,339, with 13,591 recoveries and 252 deaths; 1,496 cases remain active.

Carson City (* Population: 56,546)
-7,301 cases in total (+186 of 08/18)
-475 Active (+136 from 08/18)
-6,696 Recovered (+47 since 08/18)
-130 Deaths (+3 since 08/18)

Douglas County (* Population: 49,695)
-3 586 Total (+162 from 8/18) – 295 in 2 weeks
-389 Active (+119 since 08/18)
-3 157 Recovered (+41 since 08/18)
-40 deaths (+2 from 11/08)

Department of Lyon (* Population: 57,987)
-4 311 Total (+217 from 08/18)
-623 Active (+133 from 08/18)
-3 610 Recovered (+80 since 08/18)
-78 deaths (+4 since 08/18)

Floor County (* Population: 4,465)
-141 Total (+5 from 8/18)
-9 Active (+3 from 8/18)
-128 recoveries (+2 from 08/18)
-4 deaths (+0 since 08/18)

TOTAL (* Population: 168,693)
-15,339 cases in total (+570 on 8/18)
– 1,496 Active (+390 from 08/18)
-13,591 Recovered (+171 since 08/18)
-252 Death (+9 from 08/18)

More information on: https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/quad-county-covid-19-weekly-update-august-12-august-18-2021/

WASHOE COUNTY

Total number of cases – 53,042 (+1 812)

Weekly information:
Active cases – 5320 (+1 254)
New daily cases – 300
Death – 725 (+16)
Revolutionary cases – 681 (+94)
1,205 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 30 days

COVID-19 test positivity rate is 19.9%
The number of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 hospitalizations is 142 / intensive care patients = 33
The 7-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases per day has increased from 211.1 to 358.5.
Occupancy rate of staffed hospital beds is 91% in Washoe County

The Washoe County Weekly Rating is Red or Very High.

PLACE COUNTY

Delta’s surge has resulted in a record number of COVID-related hospitalizations this week and leaves less room for Placer County hospitals to absorb more patients requiring hospitalization. Placer County hospitals provide intensive care in areas that are generally not designed for this purpose, report a high level of acuity in their patients and are under strain on their staff.

COVID patients occupy nearly a third of licensed beds in Placer County. To preserve critical infrastructure that serves everyone, including hospitals and schools, Placer County Public Health has issued a new health warning urging the use of better masks indoors and stressing the importance of vaccination.

Total number of cases – 28,948 (+940)
Average daily cases – 125.57 (+3)
Total deaths – 316 (+3)
Hospitalized – 211 (+23)
Hospitalized in intensive care – 48 (+11)
32 people have been admitted in the past 24 hours.
Currently hospitalized who are fully immunized (at participating hospitals only – 12

All regions except Truckee are in the high transmission zone of 70 or more active cases per 10,000 residents. Truckee has 109 active cases, or 58.7 cumulative cases per 10,000.

NEVADA COUNTY

Total number of cases – 7,024 (+340)
Active cases – 665 (+80)
Hospitalizations – 30 (+4)
Death – 85 (+4)
West County Case – 5,478 (+326)
East County Case – 1,553 (+25)

ALPINE COUNTY

Total number of cases – 92 (+3 in the last 30 days)
7-day average of cases – 12.7 cases per 100,000 people