Delaware shattered records for positive tests for Covid-19, according to information from the Delaware Division of Public Health.
A total of 916 people tested positive for the virus as of Wednesday, up from 782 a day earlier. The higher rate may be influenced by varying times for lab processing that can bring in uneven batches of cases. Still, the totals are nine times the figure reported in the summer.
Hospitalizations rose to 288 on Wednesday night, up from 277 a day earlier. The daily record for hospitalizations was 337 in the spring. Thirty-seven are in critical condition.
The high number of new cases led to 20.7 percent of people testing positive, up from 19.3 percent a day earlier.
The percentage of positive tests to total tests rose to 8.2 percent from 7.9 percent a day earlier.
Three new deaths reported – two individuals from New Castle County and one from Kent County. Their ages ranged from their 60s to their 90s, and all three had underlying health conditions. The deaths increased Delaware’s total number of COVID-related deaths to 782.
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