DCH Coronavirus Update 11-24-21

Update Nov. 24, 2021

FDA and CDC Approve COVID-19 Boosters for More People

The FDA and CDC have approved the COVID booster for a broader group of individuals who are 18 years or older.

For individuals who received a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, the following groups are eligible for a booster shot at 6 months or more after their initial series:

• 65 years and older
• Age 18+ who live in long-term care settings
• Age 18+ who have underlying medical conditions
• Age 18+ who work or live in high-risk settings

Eligible individuals can sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine booster through the DCH website at https://www.dchsystem.com/covidvaccine/.

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 3:43 p.m. on 11/24/21:

• 11 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.
• 11,994 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 54,463 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,406 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 114,563 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,253 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 769 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.