DCH Coronavirus Update 7-16-21

Update July 16, 2021

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 7/16/21:

• 11 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• Fiver or fewer 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.
• 8,970 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 45,788 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,872 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 89,074 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,189 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 558 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).