DCH Coronavirus Update 3-22-21

BBQ and Blue Jeans

This is a very special week for The DCH Foundation. In normal times, the staff and board would be busily preparing for BBQ and Blue Jeans, a signature event at Water Oaks Farms. BBQ and Blue Jeans is the cornerstone event for The DCH Foundation’s Help and Hope Fund, which exists to help cancer patients make ends meet at home while our clinicians in the Lewis and Faye Manderson Cancer Center help them fight their disease. A huge thank you goes to our title sponsors Harrison Construction, Bryant Bank, Mercedes Benz U.S. International and our incredible partners. This event would not have been possible without them.

This year, we are delivering the event to our participants, and are holding our silent auction online. It goes live on Wednesday, March 24 at 12 noon and closes Sunday, March 28 at 5 p.m.

You can register to bid anytime at GiveSmart – the address is https://BBQ2021.givesmart.com or text BBQ2021 to 76278.

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 3:13 p.m. on 3/22/21:

• 10 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 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,563 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 39,255 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,355(cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 73,135 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,996 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 542 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).