DCH Coronavirus Update 9-13-21

Update Sept. 13, 2021

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 3:14 p.m. on 9/13/21:

• 150 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 33 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 20 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 14 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on BiPAP.
• 10,888 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 49,489 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 13,312 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 101,050 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,792 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 662 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.