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Kent County

Kent County

Population: 180,396
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Overview

Kent County's Latest Status

Data are current as of 6pm the previous day. Last update: 02/20/2021 12:24 PM.

In-Person Contagious School Cases Dashboard

This new dashboard contains information about COVID-19 cases in Delaware's schools.

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New Positive Cases per Week (per 100,000 Population)

Key Public Health Metrics

6.8%
Positivity Rate (7-day Average)
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91
New Positive Cases
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Positive Cases in Kent County

Total Positive Cases
14,042 801.8 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
13,237
Probable
805

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
84,531

Deaths in Kent County

Total Deaths
287 13.5 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
263
Probable
24

Weekly Community Spread Summary

Note about Updates to This Section

This section has been updated to provide a weekly snapshot measuring the level of COVID-19 community spread in the State of Delaware. The School Reopening dashboard has been replaced with a weekly community spread summary. The previous School Reopening dashboard was based on the State’s understanding of COVID-19 at the time it was developed, in August 2020. We have learned a lot since the summer months and no longer believe that the reopening dashboard was an accurate reflection of the conditions in our schools. The Division of Public Health (DPH) will continue to work closely with school leaders to monitor conditions. A new dashboard reflecting data about in-person attendance and cases among students and staff in schools - including district level data - has been added to the My Healthy Community COVID-19 data portal. It can be found here.

Breakdown of This Week's Status

02/06/2021 - 02/12/2021

Updated: Every Monday
New cases rate
(per 100,000 people)
237.3
Percent of tests that are positive
6.8%
Avg. daily hospitalizations
(per 100,000 people)
19.9

Unlike other COVID data on My Healthy Community, historical data presented on the weekly community spread summary are not updated daily. These data are updated on Mondays. This is to allow for complete reporting of the week's test data.

Status by Week

New cases rate
(per 100,000 people)
Percent of tests that are positive Avg. daily hospitalizations
(per 100,000 people)
02/06/2021 - 02/12/2021 237.3 6.8 19.9
01/30/2021 - 02/05/2021 284.3 8.3 33.4
01/23/2021 - 01/29/2021 407.7 8.9 41.1
01/16/2021 - 01/22/2021 456.9 10.7 52.5
01/09/2021 - 01/15/2021 470.2 10.7 58.1
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01/02/2021 - 01/08/2021 495.1 11.4 57.1
12/26/2020 - 01/01/2021 456.3 12.9 49.5
12/19/2020 - 12/25/2020 468.5 10.9 48.6
12/12/2020 - 12/18/2020 518.8 11.5 45.8
12/05/2020 - 12/11/2020 611.2 13.1 39.9
11/28/2020 - 12/04/2020 497.3 14.9 31.4
11/21/2020 - 11/27/2020 277.1 8.3 15.1
11/14/2020 - 11/20/2020 200.8 5.8 14.4
11/07/2020 - 11/13/2020 156.0 4.7 8.2
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020 94.0 4.3 2.8
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020 87.4 4.1 3.8
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020 47.6 2.6 5.1
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Testing

Percent of persons testing positive, and percent of tests that are positive are helpful indicators in understanding the spread of infection in a community. Percent of persons testing positive indicate one result reported for each individual tested (positive or negative), even if that person is tested more than once with the same result. As a result, it often reflects higher positivity rates.

Percent of tests that are positive indicates the total number of specimens tested, including when an individual is tested more than once, and reflects higher reported test numbers and lower positivity rates. It is also more widely used by other states and the Federal government, and is therefore useful to compare Delaware to other jurisdictions.

Because of the increasing frequency of repeat testing, using person-based percent positives could be misleading on a daily basis. Therefore, using the percent of tests that are positive is a more useful measure to make operational decisions. Data for percent of tests that are positive are based on the testing date, while data for persons testing positive is based on the date results are reported to DPH. There is a two-day lag for presenting data related to percent of tests that are positive to account for the time delay between the date of the test and the date that DPH receives the test result.

Latest Status

Test Rates by Zip Code and Week

Testing Totals in Kent County

Kent County
85,262 48,770.7 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
615,449
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Kent County
154,321 88,273.2 per 100,000 people

Total Tests in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
1,348,654
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Demographics

Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Non-Hispanic White 40,162 302,093 163,770 83,244
Non-Hispanic Black 19,756 113,754 73,457 13,931
Another/Multiple 5,864 57,165 35,629 11,399
Hispanic/Latino 4,991 53,099 33,856 12,175
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,416 15,420 12,522 1,084
Unknown 13,073 73,918 40,750 17,112
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Kent County
Updated: 02/20/2021

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Non-Hispanic Black 4,460.4 5,419.6 5,299.6 5,161.2
Hispanic/Latino 4,097.7 6,151.8 6,261.4 6,068.1
Asian/Pacific Islander 3,968.6 4,145.2 4,068.9 3,794.2
Non-Hispanic White 3,463.4 4,612.8 4,572.2 4,605.2
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Kent County

Cases (Kent County)

Latest Status

Movement of the Disease over Time

This animated map shows the rate of new cases of COVID-19 across Delaware as a 7 day average. We can see the period during the summer when the disease was less prevalent, and the areas of the State where people were hit hardest.
This animated map shows the cumulative rate of positive tests when COVID-19 began in Delaware in March and April 2020. The maps depict the arrival of this disease in Delaware, with some areas of the State experiencing much higher rates of infection.

Total Positive Cases in Kent County

Total Positive Cases
14,042 801.8 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
13,237
Probable
805

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
84,531

Demographics

Positive Cases per 10,000 Population by Age Group

0-4
5-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65+
Updated: 02/20/2021

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
0-4 346.6 428.4 444.3 457.8
5-17 478.7 628.3 646.3 717.5
18-34 980.5 1,185.3 1,140.8 1,557.2
35-49 995.3 1,083.2 1,008.9 1,383.9
50-64 884.1 875.8 829.4 969.8
65+ 750.9 714.9 679.6 741.2
Total Population by Age for Kent County
Updated: 02/20/2021

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Female 819.2 909.9 890.6 1,022.3
Male 784.6 867.1 836.8 1,001.6
Updated: 02/20/2021

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Hispanic/Latino 1,143.7 1,622.4 1,574.0 2,034.5
Non-Hispanic Black 879.2 908.7 871.7 1,138.1
Asian/Pacific Islander 798.8 472.8 418.5 644.0
Non-Hispanic White 605.3 618.4 582.0 696.3
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Kent County

Count of Positive Cases by Age Group

0-4
5-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65+
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
0-4 381 (3%) 2,350 (3%) 1,446 (3%) 518 (2%)
5-17 1,418 (10%) 9,335 (11%) 5,729 (12%) 2,175 (10%)
18-34 4,075 (29%) 25,181 (30%) 15,243 (32%) 5,804 (26%)
35-49 3,077 (22%) 18,441 (22%) 10,675 (22%) 4,639 (21%)
50-64 2,942 (21%) 17,187 (20%) 9,379 (20%) 4,838 (22%)
65+ 2,137 (15%) 11,948 (14%) 5,535 (12%) 4,242 (19%)
Unknown 12 (0%) 89 (0%) 40 (0%) 37 (0%)
Total Population by Age for Kent County
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Female 7,418 (53%) 44,578 (53%) 25,494 (53%) 11,563 (52%)
Male 6,612 (47%) 39,851 (47%) 22,498 (47%) 10,660 (48%)
Unknown 12 (0%) 102 (0%) 55 (0%) 30 (0%)
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Non-Hispanic White 7,019 (50%) 40,499 (48%) 20,846 (43%) 12,586 (57%)
Non-Hispanic Black 3,894 (28%) 19,073 (23%) 12,083 (25%) 3,072 (14%)
Hispanic/Latino 1,393 (10%) 14,004 (17%) 8,511 (18%) 4,082 (18%)
Another/Multiple 783 (6%) 5,009 (6%) 2,973 (6%) 1,213 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander 285 (2%) 1,759 (2%) 1,288 (3%) 184 (1%)
Unknown 668 (5%) 4,187 (5%) 2,346 (5%) 1,116 (5%)
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Kent County

Deaths (Kent County)

Demographics

Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Age Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
0-4
1 (0%)
5-17
1 (0%)
18-34
14 (1%)
35-49
28 (2%)
50-64 36 (13%) 160 (12%) 75 (11%) 49 (12%)
65+ 232 (81%) 1,074 (79%) 526 (80%) 316 (75%)
Unknown 12 (4%) 88 (6%) 39 (6%) 37 (9%)
Total Population by Age for Kent County
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Female 149 (52%) 686 (50%) 327 (50%) 210 (50%)
Male 138 (48%) 680 (50%) 332 (50%) 210 (50%)
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Kent State of Delaware New Castle Sussex
Non-Hispanic White 184 (64%) 954 (70%) 456 (69%) 314 (75%)
Non-Hispanic Black 90 (31%) 311 (23%) 145 (22%) 76 (18%)
Another/Multiple
15 (1%)
Hispanic/Latino
73 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander
11 (1%)
Unknown
2 (0%)
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Kent County