DCH Coronavirus Update 9/8/20

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 2:53 p.m. on 9/8/20:

• 44 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
• 15 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 7 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 3,019 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 19,708 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 3,907 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 27,919 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 844 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 167 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.
• 94 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).

18-24 Demographic Information

• 3.4 percent of those 18-25 who tested positive for COVID-19 have needed inpatient care at DCH.
• 5.1 percent of women 18-25 who tested positive for COVID-19 have needed inpatient care at DCH.
• 1.2 percent of men 18-25 who tested positive for COVID-19 have needed inpatient care at DCH.