COVID-19 continues to claim lives nursing home residents
Delaware reported three more deaths from complications from coronavirus (COVID-19
The higher death toll comes as the number of hospitalizations decline, a positive sign in efforts to avoid a surge in cases overwhelming hospitals. The number of people testing positive for the virus did rise by nearly 200.
More than 13,000 Delawareans have been tested for coronavirus. State officials say far more tests are needed before businesses and employment sites can reopen. Individuals who have died from COVID-19 ranged in age from 33 to 96 years old.
The most recent deaths involve individuals with underlying conditions:
- 83-year-old woman from Sussex County, hospitalized long-term care resident
- 53-year-old woman from Kent County, hospitalized
- 46-year-old man from New Castle County, hospitalized
The latest Delaware COVID-19 case statistics, cumulatively since March 11, include:
- Males: 910; Females: 1,102; Unknown: 2
- Age range: 1 to 97
- Currently hospitalized: 208; Critically ill: 48 (This data represents individuals currently hospitalized in a Delaware hospital regardless of residence, and is not cumulative.)
- Delawareans recovered: 354
- 11,088 negative cases*
*Data are provisional and subject to change. Data on negative cases are preliminary, based on negative results reported to DPH by state and commercial laboratories performing analysis.
As of today, there have been 93 positive COVID-19 cases involving residents of long-term care facilities in Delaware. Twenty-eight residents of Delaware long-term care facilities have died from complications related to COVID-19. The locations and number of deaths are:
- Little Sisters of the Poor, Newark (11)
- Milford Center, Genesis Healthcare (7)
- Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation and Health Center, Millsboro (5)
- Four New Castle County long-term care facilities (1 death each)
- A Sussex County long-term care facility (1 death)