DCH Coronavirus Update 8-9-21

Update Aug. 9, 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 8/9/21:

• 105 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.
• Seven inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 9,448 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 46,935 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 11,509 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 92,421 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,309 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 574 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).