DCH Coronavirus Update 2-5-21

Testing and Confirmed Cases

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 3:06 p.m. on 2/5/21:

• 98 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 24 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 12 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 6 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,188 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 35,987 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 9,893 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 65,147 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,701 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 503 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.
• 230 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).