DCH Coronavirus Update 1-18-21

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 4:00 p.m. on 1/18/21:

• 191 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 41 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 16 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 22 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 7,716 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 34,326 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 9,273 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 60,856 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,390 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 440 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.
• 184 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).