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Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 5/1

Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 5/1

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 internal counts as of 11:20 a.m. on 5/1/20:

  • 29 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.

  • 12 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.

  • Fewer than five who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.

  • 248 (cumulative) have tested positive for COVID-19 including individuals from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.

  • 3,855 (cumulative) have tested negative at DCH sites.

  • 50 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.

  • 10 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at DCH.

covid graph

Also included is a chart showing the percent positive among those tested at DCH locations. This chart reflects totals by the end of each day (except today).

covid graph