DCH Coronavirus Update 5-6-21

Adopt a Unit

Throughout the pandemic, community members have asked for ways to help and show appreciation for the work you have been doing. This led to food, mask making and many other contributions. Now, The DCH Foundation has been coordinating contributions for an “Adopt a Unit” effort. Because of this, next week each DCH employee will receive a gift package.

The images below show what is included. Managers will be contacted to help facilitate delivery.

Thank you to the community for the support. Thank you to The DCH Foundation for making this happen. And thanks to each of you for all that you do to provide excellent care to our patients!

COVID-19 Information

Not all data feeds and charts are currently available.

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 3:03 p.m. on 5/6/21:

• 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 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,762 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 42,405 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,619 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 81,058 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 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 for COVID-19 at the time of death.
• 310 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).