DCH Coronavirus Update 4-7-21
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COVID-19 Information
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 Health System internal counts as of 3:01 p.m. on 4/7/21:
- Five or fewer inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
- Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
- Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
- Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
- 8,610 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
- 40,369 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
- 10,409 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
- 75,799 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
- 3,024 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
- 545 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.
- 302 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).