DCH Coronavirus Update 1-24-22

Update Jan. 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 2:59 p.m. on 1/24/22:

• 155 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 26 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 13 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on BiPAP.
• 14,092 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 56,315 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 17,130 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 124,309 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 4,596 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 805 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.