Coronavirus deaths rise to 310 as recoveries near 4,000 mark

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The number of deaths related to coronavirus rose by six to 310 in the Wednesday report from the Delaware Division of Health.

The number of hospitalizations fell to 220, well of the peak of 325.  

About 4.5  percent of the state’s population has been tested for coronavirus, with the number of people recovering the virus heading toward 4,000.  The number of positive cases rose to nearly 8,200  as the state stepped up testing.  

In all,  310 Delawareans have passed away 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, 161 were females and 149 were males. A total of 138 individuals were from New Castle County, 55 were from Kent County, 116 were from Sussex County, and one individual’s county of residence is unknown at this time.   

The most recent deaths ranged in age from 60 to 90. Three were female and three were male. Three were New Castle County residents, two were Kent County residents, and one was a Sussex County resident. Five of the individuals had underlying health conditions. Three of the individuals were residents of long-term care facilities.    

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Other information

  • Currently hospitalized: 220; Critically ill: 35 (This data represents individuals currently hospitalized in a Delaware hospital regardless of residence, and is not cumulative.)  

*Data are provisional and subject to change.     

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. 

The state is ramping up testing with the help of 200,000  test kits. Selected Rite Aid pharmacies also offer testing by appointment with no doctor’s note required.

See the dashboard below for other details.

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