DCH Coronavirus Update 8-18-20

Testing and Confirmed Cases

To protect patient privacy, DCH has established a minimum threshold of five for reporting numbers of inpatients with laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19.

DCH internal counts as of 2:20 p.m. on 8/18/20:

• 71 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
• 22 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Nine who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• Eight who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 2,669 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 17,293 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 3,470 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 23,433 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 728 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 141 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at DCH. This is not an indication of the cause of death, only that the individuals were positive for COVID-19 at the time of death.
• 85 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).