DCH Coronavirus Update 9-20-21

Update Sept. 20, 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 3:59 p.m. on 9/20/21:

• 133 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 30 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 18 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 11,089 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 49,994 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 13,575 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 102,635 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,853 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 676 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.