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DCH Coronavirus Update 3-18-22

DCH Coronavirus Update 3-18-22

March 18, 2022 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 03:02 PM on 03/18/22:

  • 9 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
  • Five or fewer 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.
  • 14,699 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent, and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 57,873 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
  • 18,040 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 130,620 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
  • 5,047 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 883 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.