DCH Coronavirus Update 10-29-21

Update Oct. 29, 2021

Elementary Students Celebrate Heroes

Next Friday, Nov. 5, the students at Tuscaloosa Magnet School-Elementary will honor and celebrate the "Heroes In Our Lives" with a drive-by parade for veterans, firefighters, police officers, and health care workers.

Any local heroes from the mentioned groups are invited to participate if they are available to do so. Participants are encouraged to decorate their car with red, white, and blue and join the parade so the students can salute all that you have done for our country.

The parade route will begin on Juila Tutwiler Drive next to the school. Please line up behind the police SUV starting at 12:50 p.m. and the parade will begin at 1 p.m. In case of rain, the make-up day will be Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m.

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 3:40 p.m. on 10/29/21:

• 26 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 9 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 6 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 11,834 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 52,820 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 14,251 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 110,185 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,197 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 757 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.