DCH Coronavirus Update 8-10-21

Update Aug. 10, 2021

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 3:13 p.m. on 8/10/21:

• 115 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 30 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 12 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 14 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 9,489 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 46,995 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 11,562 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 92,633 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,324 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 576 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.
• 315 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).