新月直播 Coronavirus Update 8-17-21
- Category: Coronavirus
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- Written By: 新月直播 Health System
Update Aug. 17, 2021
COVID-19 Information
To protect patient privacy, 新月直播 has established a minimum threshold of five for reporting numbers of inpatients with laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
新月直播 Health System internal counts as of 3:02 p.m. on 8/17/21:
- 136 inpatients within the 新月直播 system who are positive for COVID-19.
- 34 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
- 15 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
- 9,736 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
- 47,491 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at 新月直播 sites.
- 11,893 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at 新月直播 sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
- 94,302 (cumulative) negative tests at 新月直播 sites.
- 3,406 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged. Please note, the wrong number was inadvertently copied here the last two days. The number shown today is accurate.
- 586 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at 新月直播. This is not an indication of the cause of death, only that the individuals were positive for COVID-19 at the time of death.
- 315 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).
