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Revised Visitation Policy

Due to the current high numbers of COVID-19 positive inpatients, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ is revising its visitation policy to allow only one visitor per day (visitors can no longer rotate throughout the day) in most areas. Visitors will not be allowed while a patient is known to be positive for COVID-19 except for certain extenuating circumstances including end of life. The visitation entry hours will now be from 8:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. The revised policy will go into effect tomorrow, Dec. 10, at 12:01 a.m. Additional adjustments will be made and announced as needs are identified.

Please click on the link below to view the updated policy.

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Testing and Confirmed Cases

To protect patient privacy, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ has established a minimum threshold of five for reporting numbers of inpatients with laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19.

ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ internal counts as of 4:52 p.m. on 12/9/20:

• 137 inpatients are positive for COVID-19.
• 31 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 11 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 7 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 5,321 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 30,443 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites.
• 6,515 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 50,456 (cumulative) negative tests at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites.
• 1,575 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 286 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥. This is not an indication of the cause of death, only that the individuals were positive for COVID-19 at the time of death.
• 140 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).