DCH Coronavirus Update 11-15-21

Update Nov. 15, 2021

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 4:23 p.m. on 11/15/21:

• 18 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 11,954 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 53,949 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,355 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 113,101 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,236 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 768 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.