DCH Coronavirus Update 10-19-21

Update Oct. 19, 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 2:31 p.m. on 10/19/21:

• 48 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 15 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 12 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 11,705 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 52,082 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,173 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 108,391 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,142 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 748 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.