DCH Coronavirus Update 12-9-21

Update Dec. 9, 2021

DCH Recognized with Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award

The Black Warrior Council of the Boy Scouts of America today recognized DCH Health System and Whatley Health Services (Maude Whatley) each with a Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award.

According to the Boy Scouts, “The purpose of the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award is to recognize outstanding services by an adult individual or an organization for demonstrated involvement in the development and implementation of Scouting opportunities for youth from rural or low-income urban backgrounds – this is in fulfillment of Dr. Young’s dream of justice and equity for all.”

DCH has been a contributing sponsor to many scouting events over the years. Additionally, with the award, the council acknowledged and thanked the staff of DCH and Maude Whatley for their service and dedication during the pandemic.

Pictured, left to right: Jim Harrison III, DCH Health System Board Chair; Bryan Kindred, DCH Health System President and CEO; David Gay, Whatley Health Services CEO and DCH Health System Board Member; and, Roland Lewis, Sr. District Executive (Boy Scouts).

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 3:53 p.m. on 12/9/21:

• 14 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.
• 12,066 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 55,167 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,498 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 116,710 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,279 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 773 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.