DCH Coronavirus Update 1-29-21

Expanding Vaccination

Today, the Alabama Department of Public Health announced that STARTING Feb. 8, all individuals in phase 1b (not just firefighters, law enforcement and 75+) AND those in phase 1c who are 65 years or older, WILL BE ELIGIBLE to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Other groups in phase 1c do not yet qualify.

Click here https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/news/2021/01/29.html for more details.

DCH’s online vaccine registration form has been updated to include the new categories for those who are eligible. Additional appointment times from 7:30 a.m. to 8:20 p.m. have also been added to the week of Feb. 8-12.

If you are eligible, please click on the following link to register https://www.dchsystem.com/covidvaccine/.

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 5:27 p.m. on 1/29/21:

• 114 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.
• 9 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 13 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,052 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 35,404 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 9,719 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 63,655 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,622 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 483 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.
• 195 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).