DCH Coronavirus Update 12-16-21

Update Dec. 16, 2021

COVID Update

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 2:54 p.m. on 12/16/21:

• 18 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 12,103 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 55,516 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,548 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 117,753 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,294 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 776 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.