DCH Coronavirus Update 11-16-22

Update Nov. 16, 2022

The Final COVID Update?

After nearly two years and eight months of COVID-19 updates, this will be the last. The COVID-19 numbers at DCH have remained below twenty for many weeks now so the timing seems appropriate. Hopefully you will no longer need these updates, but if there is a significant upward trend then this decision will be reevaluated as the intent is to keep our employees and community updated so they can make informed health decisions. Thank you for your support and patience throughout the process of developing, deploying and maintaining this resource.

* 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 4:26 p.m. on 11/16/22:

• 13 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.
• 16,816 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 64,923 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 20,740 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 156,983 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 5,683 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 934 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.