DCH Coronavirus Update 8-19-21

Update Aug. 19, 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 4:10 p.m. on 8/19/21:

• 130 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19
• 27 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU
• 16 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 9,853 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 47,704 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 12,020 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 94,853 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,441 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged. 
• 595 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.