A sharp drop in clinical testing hasn’t stopped New Castle County from getting a clear picture of Covid-19 in Delaware’s most populous county.
Since the early days of the pandemic, the county has turned to its sewers to identify patterns and predict Covid-positive cases.
Scientists from all over the world began examining wastewater after discovering evidence that coronavirus infection can...
My take: New Crozer CEO faces challenges as ChristianaCare merger looms
The merger process of ChristianaCare and Delaware County's Crozer Health had been in a quiet phase.
Then came news of Crozer getting a new CEO, the third in recent years. New CEO, Anthony Esposito, in a surprisingly candid interview with the Delco Times talked about the challenges of "stabilizing" the...
Delaware is continuing to see a surge in Covid-19 cases.
The Friday summary from the Delaware Division of Public Health reported 408 new cases.
A new fast-spreading variant is believed to be responsible for the surge. This week both President Joe Biden and Delaware U.S. Sen. Tom Carper.
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The Delaware Division of Public Health reported an uptick in Covid-19 cases. in its monthly report, with Sussex County in the "high category
DPH continues to advise Delawareans to get booster shots.
Delaware also exceeded 3,000 Covid-related deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 Community Levels data tracker, last updated on June 14, case levels...
This week, deaths from Covid-19 moved past the 3,000 mark.
Three deaths were reported from the virus on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the fatality toll to 3,001, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health. Ages ranged from their 60s to their 80s. One of the individuals had an underlying health condition. Their vaccination status was not listed. On...
New Castle and Sussex counties move to yellow zone as vaccines for young children get OK and UD lifts mask requirement
The Delaware Division of Public Health took note of an overall decrease in Covid-19 cases and hospitalization since the previous monthly update released nearly a month ago. The big news during the past week was the approval of vaccines for...
According to a Centers for Disease Control dashboard, Sussex County moved out of the red zone for Covid-19 transmission.
The CDC widget below shows New Castle and Kent counties in the red zone, the highest designation of spread. The widget below lists green, amber, and red zones, with Sussex now in the amber category.
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ChristianaCare and Tower Health announced that ChristianaCare will purchase the former Jennersville Hospital location in West Grove, Pennsylvania from Tower Health, with the closing expected in approximately 30 to 60 days. Terms were not announced.
The purchase will include the hospital and Tower Health’s interest in two office buildings, and an additional 24-acre parcel of land.
The new name for the...
New Castle County moved into the high risk zone for Covid-19, acording to a dashboard from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Castle County had been in the moderate (yellow) spread category, with Kent and Sussex in the high risk or red category.
The latest uptick in cases lists more than 125 people in the hospital for treatment with...
Due to an increase in Covid-19 cases, ChristianaCare is tightening visiting policies.
Effective Saturday, May 28 at 12:01 a.m., the following will apply at the state's largest hospital system.
Hospitalized patients at Christiana, Wilmington and Union hospitals may have one visitor at a time between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. Visitors will be screened for Covid-19 upon arrival.Patients at outpatient...
Agilent Technologies Inc., a global analytical instrumentation development, life sciences and manufacturing company, has chosen to modernize and expand its existing Little Falls office and lab campus.
Agilent plans to invest more than $7 million to upgrade the functionality of its Little Falls R&D and applications development labs at the three-level, 354,000-square-foot Wilmington-area site. The company’s investment will go toward...
Citing a growing number of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations in Delaware and areas over the past week, the University of Delaware is reinstating its masking requirement for all indoor spaces.
The mandate became effective Tuesday.
Delaware was recently listed as having the second-highest percentage growth in new cases among the 50 states. Face masks are to be worn indoors at UD except...
On Sunday, Gov. John Carney on Sunday issued an Executive Order calling out members of the Delaware National Guard to serve at the Stockley Center in Georgetown.
Stockleyis facing a staff shortage due to a recent increase in Covid-19 community levels and industry-wide staffing shortages.
Delaware has seen a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases in recent...
In its monthly report, the Delaware Division of Public Health reported a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases. Still, it noted that hospitalizations and deaths remain significantly lower when compared to the winter surge.
Still, Delaware has reported the second-highest increase in new cases among the 50 states, topped only by Connecticut.
While no mandates are in place, individuals are...
Death rate disparity as high as 80%; Hospitalizations were not analyzed
A large US study, published by UK-based BMJ, found that far fewer people died from Covid-19 in communities with higher vaccination rates.
According to the findings, based on data across 2,558 counties in 48 US states, counties with high vaccine coverage had a more than 80% reduction in death rates compared...
