Delaware reports two additional deaths from coronavirus

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The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) reported the number of deaths from coronavirus rose by two from Wednesday to 517.

Despite an outbreak in Sussex County, Delaware ‘s percentage of confirmed cases to total tests has stayed around the five percent mark.

The state reported 12,487  people have tested positive for the virus, with only a few new cases reported.

The cumulative percentage of people testing positive to the total tested is nearing the 10 percent mark.  The state has sharply increased testing and hopes to see that percentage drop further.

The number of hospitalizations rose to 63 from 57, with the number of critically ill at a dozen.

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On Wednesday, Delaware was added to the list of states with travel quarantine requirements by Philadelphia  Earlier, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut issued similar bans.

Gov. John Carney said Delaware was added, due to one metric that is used by the three states. He added that the First State in no way has the issues facing states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona.

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.

The division is sending daily reports on coronavirus cases, effective at the end of the week  and will issue a weekly summary. Dashboards and the My Healthy Community data portal are updated daily. 

The lack of daily updates will put more of a focus on seven-day trends that smooth out the ups and downs of daily test results.

Delaware Division of Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay said additional data will be added to the My Healthy Community portal including contact tracing information.

Also available is the interactive dashboard below, which is provided by the Delaware Division of Health. Delaware Business Now will continue to offer the dashboard and report on any trends that develop.

The dashboard offers case information by county and zip code. 

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