The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) reported 121 additional positive cases of coronavirus in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
No additional deaths were reported on Thursday. In addition, 58 individuals are currently hospitalized due to Covid-19 in Delaware, 11 of whom are critically ill. The number is down from more than 60 a day earlier.
While the total cumulative number of positive cases has increased by 121 between yesterday and today, 111 new positive cases were reported to DPH on July 9. The remaining 10 positive cases are from test results reported on prior days, but processed into the DPH surveillance system on July 9.
The state would like to see the number of positive cases drop well below 100. The state is doing extensive testing.
State Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark, who tracks state figures, sees a blend of good and bad news, with a low rate of hospitalizations, but an unacceptable number of new cases.
A total of 517 Delawareans have passed away due to complications from COVID-19. Individuals who have died from COVID-19 ranged in age from 21 to 104 years old. Of those who have died, 273 were females and 244 were males. A total of 249 individuals were from New Castle County, 92 were from Kent County, and 176 were from Sussex County.
Despite an outbreak in Sussex County, Delaware ‘s percentage of confirmed cases to total tests has stayed a bit above the five percent mark.
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.
The dashboard offers case information by county and zip code. The Division of Health has added information related to nursing homes on the number of positive cases and deaths.
