DCH Coronavirus Update 4-28-21

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 3:01 p.m. on 4/28/21:

• • • • 10 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.
      • 8,698 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
      • 41,967 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
      • 10,506 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
      • 79,520 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
      • 3,057 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
      • 549 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.
      • 309 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).