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DCH Coronavirus Update 1-26-21

DCH Coronavirus Update 1-26-21

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 03:12 PM on 01/26/21:

  • 148 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.
  • 13 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
  • 15 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
  • 7,973 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent, and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 35,094 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
  • 9,614 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 62,839 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
  • 2,557 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 473 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.
  • 191 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).