DCH Coronavirus Update 10-12-22

Update Oct. 12, 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. If the inpatient total reaches zero then “Five or fewer inpatients” will change to “No inpatients.”

DCH Health System internal counts as of 1:29 p.m. on 10/12/22:

• • • • 10 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* inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
      • 16,693 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
      • 62,867 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
      • 20,578 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
      • 151,738 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
      • 5,635 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
      • 930 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.