Thursday’s report from the Delaware Division of Public showed a continued decline in new coronavirus cases.
The percentage of Delaware’s population that has received at least one dose of the vaccine is nearing 55 percent.
The New York Times reported that Delaware is within 14 days of achieving the Biden Administration’s goal of having 70% of adults vaccinated by July 4. Neighboring Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland have reached the 70% figure.
An example of the disparity in vaccination rates in Alabama and Mississippi, which at the present rate would take one year to reach the 70% figure.
The numbers
- Two deaths reported from a review of Vital Statistics records from April – one resident of New Castle County and one from Sussex County, both of whom were in their 70s. Their deaths increased Delaware’s total number of Covid-related deaths to 1,668.
- 48 new positive cases, bringing the overall total to 108,957.
- 9.2% of people tested positive in the seven-day rolling average, unchanged from the previous day.
- 2.1% of total tests were positive in the seven-day rolling average, up one-tenth of a percent from the previous day. The percentage is well below the 5% spread standard from the World Health Organization.
- 56 current hospitalizations, up one from the previous day, including five individuals in critical condition.
- 19 new hospital admissions (up six from the previous day).
- 390,184 Delawareans fully vaccinated, up 2,424 from the previous day.
- 923,047 total vaccine doses administered, up 4,271 from the previous day.
Click here for more state data, including breakdowns by age, sex, race/ethnicity, at the statewide, county, and, in some cases, zip code or census tract level.
