Delaware Health officials reported nearly 100 new cases of coronavirus and two additional deaths in its Tuesday report.
The death toll now stands at 509, with about two-thirds of the cases linked to long-term care facilities. The number of persons hospitalized fell to 64 after a peak figure of 330.
Delaware had gone four days without a death from Covid-19.
The state has typically seen 70 or fewer daily positive cases.
The focus has been on coastal Sussex County, which saw an outbreak-related to senior week. Mass testing of hospitality workers is now underway.
While the outbreak is centered in Sussex, numbers show that New Castle County is seeing a higher number of positive tests.
In recent days, the number of people testing positive has exceeded figures for the city of Philadelphia, which has more than one and a half times the population of Delaware and also has higher population densities than the First State. Delaware ranks eighth in the percentage of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population, according to Statistica.
Nearly 11 percent of the state’s population has been tested for Covid-19, one of the higher rates among the 50 states. By contrast, states, like Arizona, Florida and Texas that have seen a surge in cases, have far lower testing rates than Delaware.
As the Division of Public Health works to implement Delaware’s new contact tracing program, DPH is moving to a different data surveillance system. During this transition, DPH may not be able to provide updated data on the total number of recovered individuals.
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.
Also available below is an interactive dashboard courtesy of the Delaware Division of Health.
