DCH Coronavirus Update 2-18-22

Update Feb. 18, 2022

COVID Update

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 1:29 p.m. on 1/18/22:

• 46 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 11 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 14,619 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 56,961 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 17,903 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 127,547 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,947 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 865 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.