DCH Coronavirus Update 9-1-21

Update Sept. 1, 2021

Statewide Moment of Silence to Honor 12,000+ Lost from COVID-19

Next Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 12:00 p.m., the Alabama Hospital Association is calling for a statewide moment of silence to remember the more than 12,000 Alabamians lost from COVID-19. All Alabamians are encouraged to participate from wherever they are that day in remembering not only those who have died, but also those who are currently suffering with COVID, the families of those affected and the healthcare workers caring for them.

We encourage all DCH team members, if they are able, to pause at noon on Sept. 7 in remembrance of those who have been lost.

COVID-19 Information

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 3:26 p.m. on 9/1/21:

• 159 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 39 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 35 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 17 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on BiPAP.
• 10,380 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 48,704 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 12,717 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 98,182 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,611 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 623 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.