Coronavirus Update and Health System Preparations - 5/18

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 5/18/20:

• 33 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.

• Nine 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.

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

• 5,613 (cumulative) have tested negative at DCH sites.

• 87 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.

• 22 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).