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DCH Coronavirus Update 12-27-21

DCH Coronavirus Update 12-27-21

December 27, 2021 Update

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 Health System internal counts as of 02:54 PM on 12/27/21:

  • 15 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
  • 8 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
  • Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
  • Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
  • 12,238 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent, and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 55,992 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
  • 14,722 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 119,286 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
  • 4,315 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 780 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 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).