DCH Coronavirus Update 10-8-20

Electronic Form for COVID-19 Testing

An electronic registration process has been implemented for DCH’s COVID-19 remote screening and testing site which is located in the parking lot just west of DCH Regional Medical Center. Please visit https://covid19.dchsystem.com to register prior to coming.

Screening and testing at the site is currently available from 8 a.m. – Noon, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Play Pink: A Day on the Courts

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, The DCH Foundation held the 2020 Play Pink: A Day on the Courts event at the Indian Hills Country Club. Play Pink: A Day on the Courts is a doubles women’s tennis tournament and is a part of a series that includes a golf tournament, Play Pink: Drive for the Cause. Funds from the event support The DCH Breast Cancer Fund which helps uninsured women in the West Alabama community with mammograms, additional testing if needed, and personal items (wigs, prostheses, etc.) if they are diagnosed with cancer. Thank you to everyone who helped create a fun, safe and successful event this year.

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 3:45 p.m. on 10/8/20:

• 62 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
• 20 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 9 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 3,429 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 23,176 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 4,401 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 35,090 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 1,042 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 202 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.
• 109 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).

18-24 Demographic Information

• 3.8 percent of those 18-24 who tested positive for COVID-19 have needed inpatient care at DCH.
• 5.8 percent of women 18-24 who tested positive for COVID-19 have needed inpatient care at DCH.
• 1.1 percent of men 18-24 who tested positive for COVID-19 have needed inpatient care at DCH.