Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 6/16

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 6/16/20:

• 66 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
• 22 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Seven who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 1,167 (cumulative) have tested positive for COVID-19 including individuals from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 9,663 (cumulative) have tested negative at DCH sites.
• 206 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 54 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.
• 25 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).