The last daily Covid-19 report from the Delaware Division of Public Health shows the state with a 1% positive test rate and fewer than 25 daily cases.
A lower number of cases and the upcoming end to the executive order were cited in the decision to shift to a weekly update.
In the meantime, the state continues to inch its way to having 70% of its adult population receiving at least one dose of vaccine. The percentage of vaccinated adults in the state stands at 69.3%.
The nation is expected to fall short of the 70% goal set by the Biden-Harris Administration as outbreaks of the virus show up in largely unvaccinated residents in states like Missouri and Arkansas.
Unvaccinated residents account for the bulk of hospitalizations in the state.
At the current rate, Delaware could reach the 70% figure late next week, although state officials are only cautiously optimistic, given a long-running decline in daily vaccinations.
Delaware will continue to push for more vaccinations once the 70% goal is reached. Areas of focus will include those over 12 and young adults as fall approaches.
- No new deaths
- 22 new positive cases, bringing the overall total to 109,620. The cumulative breakdown by county: New Castle, 64,976 cases; Kent, 18,215 cases; Sussex, 26,202; county not determined, 227. Daily cases had been as high as 700 during the winter months.
- 4.7% of people tested positive in the seven-day rolling average, down four-tenths of a percent from the previous day. Last winter, the rate was 20% or higher
- 1% of total tests were positive in the seven-day rolling average, unchanged from the previous day. The percentage of total tests has been 5% or higher during much of the pandemic.
- 27 current hospitalizations (up nine from the previous day), including seven individuals in critical condition.
- 15 new hospital admissions, down nine from the previous day).
- 430,884 Delawareans fully vaccinated (up 1,502 from the previous day).
- 987,343 total vaccine doses administered (up 2,588 from the previous day. Delaware has administered more than one million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine when non-residents who live and work in the state are added.
