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DCH Coronavirus Update 11-17-20

DCH Coronavirus Update 11-17-20

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 3:47 p.m. on 11/17/20:

  • 63 inpatients are positive for COVID-19.
  • 20 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
  • 8 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
  • 7 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
  • 4,127 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 27,685(cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
  • 5,209 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 44,253 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
  • 1,331 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 247 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.
  • 119 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).