DCH Coronavirus Update 8-31-22

Update Aug. 31, 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. If the inpatient total reaches zero then “Five or fewer inpatients” will change to “No inpatients.”

DCH Health System internal counts as of 2:54 p.m. on 8/31/22:

• 33 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* inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 16,372 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 61,605 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 20,153 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 146,476 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 5,471 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 919 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.