Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 4/30
- Category: Coronavirus
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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 1:20 p.m. on 4/30/20:
- 30 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
- 12 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
- Seven inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
- 240 (cumulative) have tested positive for COVID-19 including individuals from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
- 3,717 (cumulative) have tested negative at DCH sites.
- 48 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
- Eight inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at DCH.
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).