The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) confirmed an additional death related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The total number of cases is nearing 400.
Twelve Delawareans have died due to complications from COVID-19.
Six deaths related to long-term care facilities, including five in New Castle County (four at Little Sisters of the Poor site near Newark) and one in Sussex County.
The man was identified by the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington as the Rev. Hilary John Rodgers, 75, a retired priest with health conditions.
The latest outbreak was reported at the Governor Bacon Health Center, an intermediate-skilled nursing facility operated by Delaware Department of Health and Social Services in Delaware City.
Governor Bacon has one staff member and one resident who tested positive for COVID-19. DHSS had previously declined to comment on previous reports of cases, citing its policy of not identifying a facility until an outbreak is confirmed.
The latest Delaware COVID-19 case statistics, cumulatively since March 11, include:
- 393 total laboratory-confirmed cases
- New Castle County cases: 245
- Kent County cases: 43
- Sussex County cases: 105
- Males: 179; Females: 214
- Age range: 1 to 97
- Hospitalized: 56; Critically ill: 15
- Delawareans recovered: 49
- 4,566 negative cases*
*Data on negative cases are preliminary, based on negative results reported to DPH by state and commercial laboratories performing analysis.
Delaware considers patients fully recovered seven days after the resolution of their symptoms.
If you think you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, or have symptoms of illness, make sure to distance yourself from others, particularly vulnerable populations.
Older adults and people of any age with serious underlying medical conditions – including serious heart conditions, chronic lung conditions, including moderate to severe asthma, severe obesity and those who are immunocompromised, including through cancer treatment – might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Statewide testing at standing health facility testing sites require a physician’s order or prescription to be tested (*Bayhealth patients will be pre-screened via phone without needing to see a provider first).
These are not walk-in testing sites. Those without a primary care provider can call the DPH Call Center Line at 1-866-408-1899. Individuals awaiting test results, should wait to hear back from their medical provider. The DPH Call Center does not have test results.
