Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 3/30

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 noon today:

• 6 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.

• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.

• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.

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

• 604 (cumulative) have tested negative at DCH sites.

Remote Screening Weekday and Weekend Hours
The remote screening service is open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Weekend hours will be announced by Thursday.

Visitation Policy Revision
An update is being implemented to DCH’s visitation policy regarding the number of visitors that will be allowed in the NICU at any DCH campus. Click here for details.