DCH Coronavirus Update 3-17-21

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 3:13 p.m. on 3/17/21:

• 16 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.
• 8,542 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 38,987 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,331 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 72,542 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,974 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 540 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.
• 297 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).