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 03:13 PM on 05/17/21:
17 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.
8,802 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent, and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
43,047 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
10,672 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
82,531 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
3,105 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
549 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 at the time of death.
311 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).
