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Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 5/15

Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 5/15

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 1:20 p.m. on 5/15/20:

  • 30 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
  • Nine inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
  • Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
  • 357 (cumulative) have tested positive for COVID-19 including individuals from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 5,222 (cumulative) have tested negative at DCH sites.
  • 76 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 22 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at DCH.
covid graph

Also included is a chart showing the percent positive among those tested at DCH locations. This chart reflects totals by the end of each day (except today).

covid graph