DCH Coronavirus Update 7-15-21

Update July 15, 2021

Last Day to Receive a First Vaccine Dose at DCH is Tomorrow

On Tuesday the Alabama Department of Public Health sent out a press release indicating that unvaccinated people represented 96.2 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Alabama since April 1. Additionally, the Alabama Hospital Association recently did a survey of hospitals in the state and found that over 90 percent of COVID-19 positive inpatients had not been vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccines are working.

The public demand for COVID-19 vaccines at DCH’s remote site has continued to decrease. Because of this, the last day individuals will be able to schedule a first vaccine is tomorrow, Friday, July 16. The final day vaccines will be administered at the site is Friday, August 6.

DCH encourages community members to get the vaccine and will continue to stand ready. Should community demand for the COVID-19 vaccine go back up then DCH will evaluate and respond as needed.

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 3:03 p.m. on 7/15/21:

• 8 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 6 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,963 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 45,742 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,862 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 88,961 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,187 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 557 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.
• 314 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).