Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 4/21

Testing and Confirmed Cases
To protect patient privacy, we have established a minimum threshold of five for reporting numbers of inpatients with laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19.

DCH internal counts as of 2:20 p.m. on 4/21/20:

• 21 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.

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

• Six inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.

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

• 3,165 (cumulative) have tested negative at DCH sites.

As a reminder, in the dashboard a PUI is a “person under investigation,” which means the individual has COVID-19 symptoms but a test result has not yet come back.

Total individuals who have tested positive and are needing care dropped slightly, but both the number of PUIs and positive cases needing ICU care increased. In addition, the total number of PUIs continues to go up despite faster inpatient test results.

The increasing percentage of those with the virus and those who are suspected of having the virus and require ICU care are both indicators that we are not yet at a plateau.

Also included today is the chart that shows the percentage of positives among those who have been tested. As you can see, that rate also continues to climb. Please stay diligent in your efforts.