DCH Coronavirus Update 8-20-21

Update Aug. 20, 2021

Vaccination among COVID-19 Inpatients

Included today is a snapshot of the vaccination rate among the COVID-19 positive inpatients currently at DCH.

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 12:29 p.m. on 8/20/21:

• 131 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 29 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 17 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 12 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on BiPAP.
• 9,888 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 47,763 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 12,061 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 95,067 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,456 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged. 
• 598 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.