DCH Coronavirus Update 10-16-20

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 3:21 p.m. on 10/16/20:

• 51 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
• 16 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 6 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 3,518 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 24,036 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 4,508 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 36,780 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 1,100 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.