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DCH Coronavirus Update 8-30-21

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DCH Coronavirus Update 8-30-21

Update Aug. 30, 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 3:39 p.m. on 8/30/21:

  • 156 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
  • 38 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
  • 26 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
  • 14 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on BiPAP.
  • 10,278 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 48,499 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
  • 12,581 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 97,611 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
  • 3,538 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 610 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.