DCH Coronavirus Update 8-24-22

Aug. 24, 2022

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 02:55 PM on 08/24/22:

• 26 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 16,243 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent, and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 61,403 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 19,979 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 145,551 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 5,434 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 917 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 at the time of death.