DCH Hits Lowest Coronavirus Inpatient Total Since May 2020

TUSCALOOSA, AL — DCH Health System reported its lowest total of coronavirus hospitalizations since last spring on Wednesday. Here's a look at the numbers:

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Inpatients (Wednesday, March 4) — 25

• Down from 46 hospitalizations two weeks ago (Feb. 18)
• Down from 106 over the previous month.
• Lowest total since May 14, 2020.
• ICU patients: 6 (down from 27 over last month)

Click here for Wednesday's update from DCH Health System.

What to know today

• Tuscaloosa County added 51 total coronavirus cases to its overall total on Thursday, which now stands at 24,340 confirmed and probable cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
• More vaccine sites are coming online across the metro area, with the the Tuscaloosa VA Hospital now vaccinating veterans 55 years old and older in its Ambulatory
• To date, approximately 1,110 veterans have been vaccinated through the Tuscaloosa VA.
• Tuscaloosa County EMA is working to get those in the community registered to receive their vaccine from DCH.

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