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Expanding Vaccination

Today, the Alabama Department of Public Å·ÃÀÈÕº«ÊÓƵ announced that STARTING Feb. 8, all individuals in phase 1b (not just firefighters, law enforcement and 75+) AND those in phase 1c who are 65 years or older, WILL BE ELIGIBLE to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Other groups in phase 1c do not yet qualify.

Click here for more details.

DCH’s online vaccine registration form has been updated to include the new categories for those who are eligible. Additional appointment times from 7:30 a.m. to 8:20 p.m. have also been added to the week of Feb. 8-12.

If you are eligible, please click on the following link to register /covidvaccine/.

Testing and Confirmed Cases

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

DCH Å·ÃÀÈÕº«ÊÓƵ System internal counts as of 5:27 p.m. on 1/29/21:

• 114 inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• 27 inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• 9 who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• 13 who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,052 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 35,404 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 9,719 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 63,655 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 2,622 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 483 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.
• 195 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Å·ÃÀÈÕº«ÊÓƵ).