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ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Coronavirus Update 10-26-20

ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Coronavirus Update 10-26-20

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 3:25 p.m. on 10/26/20:

  • 66 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19.
  • 20 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
  • Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
  • Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
  • 3,704 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 25,102 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites.
  • 4,723 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 39,004 (cumulative) negative tests at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites.
  • 1,160 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 222 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.
  • 116 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).