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ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Coronavirus Update 2-5-21

ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ Coronavirus Update 2-5-21

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¥ Health System internal counts as of 3:06 p.m. on 2/5/21:

  • 98 inpatients within the ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ system who are positive for COVID-19.
  • 24 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
  • 12 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
  • 6 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
  • 8,188 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 35,987 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites.
  • 9,893 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
  • 65,147 (cumulative) negative tests at ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥ sites.
  • 2,701 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
  • 503 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.
  • 230 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).