Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 6/24

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 6/24/20:

• 42 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
• 14 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.
• 1,101 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 9,535 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 1,391 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 11,084 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 271 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 61 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.
• 35 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).