DCH Coronavirus Update 3-11-21

Achieving Excellence

On Tuesday night, the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education and Superintendent Mike Daria presented DCH with an “Achieving Excellence” coin for its work during the pandemic and in its efforts to vaccinate educators. The coin is the first of its kind to be awarded by the school system.

Bryan Kindred, president and CEO of the DCH Health System, represented the DCH team at the meeting. As part of the presentation Dr. Daria and several members of the board shared their own experiences in receiving the vaccine at DCH. They described a seamless process with workers who were enthusiastic, efficient and compassionate.

Thank you DCH team for your continued hard work and thank you TCS for the recognition!

Left to right in the group photo: Dr. Mike Daria, superintendent of Tuscaloosa City Schools; Bryan Kindred, president and CEO of DCH Health System; and Eric Wilson, chair of the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education.

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 3:12 p.m. on 3/11/21:

• 23 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,516 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 38,607 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,299 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 71,570 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,948 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 538 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.
• 290 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).