Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 7/9

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 3:20 p.m. on 7/9/20:

• 65 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
• 16 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 1,549 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 11,820 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 1,973 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 14,181 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 356 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 79 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.
• 48 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).

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).