DCH Coronavirus Update 4-2-21

Vaccination for 16+

Today Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health announced that starting Monday, April 5, COVID-19 vaccine eligibility will be expanded to individuals 16 years and older. Here is a link to the Governor’s release https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2021/04/governor-ivey-announces-covid-19-vaccination-eligibility-to-be-expanded-in-alabama-to-include-individuals-age-16-and-older/

The Pfizer vaccine is available for those 16 years or older, and the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are both available to individuals 18 years of age and older. Currently DCH only provides the Pfizer vaccine.

Updates have been completed to DCH registration form to allow all anyone 16 years or older to register for any available time on April 5 or later.

We are continually working to add more times, so if all slots have already filled up please check back regularly at the following link. https://www.dchsystem.com/covidvaccine/

COVID-19 Information

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 Health System internal counts as of 1:25 p.m. on 4/2/21:

• Nine inpatients within the DCH system who are positive 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.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,603 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 40,037 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,401 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 75,065 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,017 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 544 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.
• 300 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).