DCH Coronavirus Update 2-4-22

Update Feb. 4, 2022

DCH Receives Chamber Award for Service

Last night DCH was honored with the Robert C. Tanner Corporate Service Award from the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce. The award is given to a company in recognition of “outstanding corporate leadership, philanthropy and community service given to the West Alabama region.” DCH was specifically recognized for its service during the pandemic. 

To the entire DCH team, congratulations and thank you for your tireless dedication to the communities we serve. You are appreciated!

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 4:20 p.m. on 2/4/22:

• 141 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.
• 10 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 14,446 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 56,559 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 17,650 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 125,866 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,790 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 831 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.