DCH Coronavirus Update 3-24-21

Severe Weather Vaccination Change for Tomorrow

Due to anticipated severe weather, DCH’s remote vaccination site WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, Thursday, March 25. Anyone who has a vaccination appointment tomorrow will be AUTOMATICALLY RESCHEDULED FOR THE SAME TIME ON SATURDAY, March 27.

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 3/24/21:

• 13 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.
• 8,577 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 39,448 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,370 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 73,653 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,997 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 543 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.
• 299 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).