DCH Coronavirus Update 9-28-21

Update Sept. 28, 2021

Asphalt Repair Work at RMC

DCH will complete asphalt repair work at DCH Regional Medical Center in the coming week. This effort will include overlaying asphalt in the west parking lots, which are located immediately west of the West Parking Deck between the deck and Hillard Ave. The work will take up to a week to complete. The lot will be closed for the duration of the work.

The contractor is working on timing but the work is expected to begin near the end of this week or early next week.

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 4:01p.m. on 9/28/21:

• 96 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 23 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 16 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 11,263 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 50,490 cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 13,797 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 104,356 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,982 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 708 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.