Delaware reports three more coronavirus deaths as hospital stays show tiny decline

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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. 

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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)
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