The number of deaths related to coronavirus rose by four to 290 in the Sunday report released by the Delaware Division of Public Health.
Saturday’s report recorded 286 deaths up a record 15 from a day earlier.
The state has seen more than three dozen deaths related to COVID-19 in recent days. The bulk of the deaths have involved residents of long-term care centers.
At the same time, the number of hospitalizations has dropped from 300 to 229 in recent weeks.
About four percent of the state’s population has been tested for coronavirus, with the number of people recovering the virus heading toward the 3,500 mark
All data reported through the daily updates are based on data received as of 6 p.m. the previous day.
A total of 290 Delawareans have died due to complications from COVID-19. Individuals who have died from COVID-19 ranged in age from 21 to 103 years old. Of those who have died, 152 were females and 138 were males. A total of 124 individuals were from New Castle County, 52 were from Kent County, 113 were from Sussex County, and one individual’s county of residence is unknown at this time.
The most recent deaths announced today ranged in age from 48 to 80. Two were female and two were male. Three were New Castle County residents, and one was a Sussex County resident. Three of the individuals had underlying health conditions. Two of the individuals were residents of long-term care facilities.
The latest Delaware COVID-19 case statistics* cumulatively since March 11, provided as of 6 p.m., Saturday, May 16, include:
- 7,670 total positive cases
- New Castle County cases: 2,682
- Kent County cases: 1,197
- Sussex County cases: 3,739
- Unknown County: 52
- Females: 4,201; Males: 3,445; Unknown: 24
- Age range: 0 to 103
- Currently hospitalized: 229; Critically ill: 45 (This data represents individuals currently hospitalized in a Delaware hospital regardless of residence, and is not cumulative.)
- Delawareans recovered: 3,478
- 33,195 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.
Additional demographic data on COVID-19 cases and deaths, including race/ethnicity, more age-specific data and rates information by ZIP code, can be found on the Division of Public Health’s My Healthy Community data portal.
State health officials and Gov. John Carney have cautioned against reading too much into daily figures due to the difficulties of collecting real-time data and “lumpy data” that comes from variations in the number of test results sent in by laboratories.
At one point, the state received the results from 9,000 tests in one day, a number that skewed figures.
The state is ramping up testing with the help of a quarter of a million test kits that come with a $30 million price tag.
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