Covid update: Seven new deaths as hospitalizations increase

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According to the Tuesday update from the Division of Public Health, Delaware reported seven deaths from Covid-19.

New cases fell sharply from previous days. This often happens in Tuesday reports, which reflect fewer test results over the weekend.

However, hospitalizations and critical cases increased.

The death toll included four residents of Sussex County and three residents of New Castle County. They ranged in age from their 50s to their 90s. One of the individuals did not have underlying health conditions. Five were not vaccinated. The deaths increased Delaware’s total number of COVID-related deaths to 2,225

Between 70 and 80 percent of deaths and hospitalizations come from those who are not fully vaccinated.

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The other numbers

• 302 new positive cases, bringing the overall total to 161,650. The seven-day average of new cases is 637.

• 36.2% of people who tested positive in the seven-day rolling average, down four-tenths of a percent from the previous day and 9.4% of total tests were positive in the seven-day rolling average, up four-tenths of a percent from the previous day.

.• 325 current hospitalizations, up 16 from the previous day, including 39 individuals in critical condition.

• 25 new hospital admissions, up 4 from the previous day.

• 392 people who tested negative, bringing the total to 752,168.

• 611,612 people fully vaccinated, up 52 from the previous day, according to the CDC Vaccine Tracker.

For more data, including breakdowns by age, sex, race/ethnicity, at the statewide, county, and, in some cases, zip code or census tract level click on https://myhealthycommunity.dhss.delaware.gov/locations/state

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