In its New Year’s Day report, the Delaware Division of Public Health reported four new deaths linked to coronavirus. Information is current as of New Year’s Eve.
Two individuals from New Castle County and one each from Kent and Sussex counties died of Covid-19 complications.
They ranged in age from their 70s to their 80s and all had underlying health conditions. One was a resident of long-term care facility. The deaths increased Delaware’s total number of COVID-related deaths to 930.
The number of new positive cases was 624, bringing the overall total to 58,064. That adds up to about six percent of the state’s population.
The percentage of people testing positive was 25.1 in a seven-day rolling average, up 1.2 percentage points from the previous day.
When it came to the percentage of total tests to positive tests, the figure was 9.1 in the seven-day rolling average, unchanged from the previous day.
The benchmark that would denote a modest spread of the virus is five percent. The total test figure accounts for people who have been tested more than once.
The number of people in the hospital with Covid-19 complications was 412, up one from the previous day. Fifty-eight people are in critical condition.
The state has surpassed the spring hospitalization record of more than 300.
New hospital admissions totaled 60, up 14 from the previous day.
Below is an interactive dashboard of Covid-19 cases in the state from the Division of Public Health. 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 here.
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