DCH Coronavirus Update 11-19-21

Update Nov. 19, 2021

COVID Update

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 3:06 p.m. on 11/19/21:

• 17 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 5 or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 11,966 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 54,198 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,372 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 113,862 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,245 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 768 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.