DCH Coronavirus Update 8-17-21

Update Aug. 17, 2021

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 3:02 p.m. on 8/17/21:

• 136 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 34 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 15 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 9,736 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 47,491 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 11,893 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 94,302 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,406 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged. Please note, the wrong number was inadvertently copied here the last two days. The number shown today is accurate.
• 586 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.
• 315 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).