The number of deaths from Coronavirus rose by 10 to 82 and the number of Delawareans testing positive rose nearly 200, according to a report from the Division of Public Health.
The report also showed the number of deaths at a Milford nursing home has risen to 18.
The most recent deaths all involve individuals with underlying health conditions, including:
- 73-year-old male from New Castle County, long-term care facility
- 79-year-old male from New Castle County, hospitalized
- 79-year-old male from New Castle County, hospitalized long-term care resident
- 84-year-old female from New Castle County, hospitalized
- 51-year-old female from Kent County, hospitalized
- 32-year-old female from Sussex County, hospitalized
- 71-year-old female from Sussex County, hospitalized long-term care resident
- 78-year-old female from Sussex County, long-term care facility
- 92-year-old female from Sussex County, long-term care facility
- 103-year-old female from Sussex County, long-term care facility
The latest Delaware COVID-19 case statistics since March 11, provided as of 6 p.m., Monday, April 20, include:
- 2,931 total laboratory-confirmed cases
- New Castle County cases: 1,303
- Kent County cases: 459
- Sussex County cases: 1,139
- Unknown County: 30
- Males: 1,322; Females: 1,600; Unknown: 9
- Age range: 0 to 103
- Currently hospitalized: 263; Critically ill: 71 (This data represents individuals currently hospitalized in a Delaware hospital regardless of residence, and is not cumulative.)
- Delawareans recovered: 565
Please note for individuals who may be tracking daily negative case totals, yesterday’s report included negative cases from both Delawareans and non-residents. The correct number of negative cases as of 6 p.m. April 19 was 12,508. Today’s report only includes only Delaware residents, and the total is: 12,935 as of 6 p.m. April 20.
As of 6 p.m. yesterday, there have been 218 positive COVID-19 cases involving residents of long-term care facilities in Delaware. Forty-eight residents of Delaware long-term care facilities have died from complications related to COVID-19.
The locations and number of deaths related to long-term care facilities are:
- Milford Center, Genesis Healthcare (18)
- Little Sisters of the Poor, Newark (11)
- Brandywine Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (5)
- Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation (2)
- Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation and Health Center (2)
- New Castle Health and Rehabilitation Center (2)
- Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill (2)
- Governor Bacon Health Center (1)
- Three other New Castle County long-term care facilities (1 death at each facility)
- Two other Sussex County long-term care facilities (1 death at each facility)
One area of concern continues to be people who may have symptoms but do not get the advice of a physician. In other cases, it is hard for an individual to get tested, due to a lack of transportation.
Coronavirus tests require the OK of a physician.
In a related matter, false rumors had been making the rounds in the Wilmington-New Castle and Bear-Glasgow area that ambulance crews will not come to homes of coronavirus patients.
That led to some 911 callers not tell dispatchers about the status of the patient to be transported.
One positive sign continues to be the ratio of persons testing positive to the number of people in the hospital. That percentage is remaining well below 15 percent. Twenty percent would begin to put pressure on hospitals.
Although Sussex County figures are being watched closely, due to high concentration of cases, hospitals elsewhere still have room for more seriously ill patients.
