Coronavirus (COVID-19) Data Dashboard

New Castle County

New Castle County's Latest Status

Data are current as of 6pm the previous day. Last update: 11/11/2020 12:04 PM.

Current School Planning Scenario
Schools may use a hybrid model of remote learning and in-person learning options with precautions in place.
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New Positive Cases per Week (per 100,000 Population)

Date Range:

Positive Cases in New Castle County

Total Positive Cases
14,675 261.1 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
14,345
Probable
330

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

Deaths in New Castle County

Total Deaths
359* 5.7 per 10,000 people
*One of the three recent deaths announced on Tuesday, Nov. 10, has since been identified as a resident of a long-term care facility, therefore the total number of deaths involving residents of a long-term care facility increased by one today.
Confirmed
301
Probable
58

School Reopening Criteria

Current Status

Data are updated every Monday*
2
Minimal-to-Moderate
Community Spread
Schools may use a hybrid model of remote learning and in-person learning options with precautions in place.
*Unlike other COVID data on My Healthy Community, historical data presented on the school reopening dashboard are not updated daily. This is because the reopening dashboard is used to make decisions based on the best available data at the time and are not informed by real-time updates to historical data. These data are updated on Mondays. This is to allow for complete reporting of the week's test data.

Breakdown of This Week's Status (10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020)

Overall rating
Minimal-to-Moderate
Schools are partially open
New cases rate
(per 100,000 people)
141.4
Significant
More than 100
% of tests that are positive
4.2%
Minimal-to-Moderate
1 to 8%
Avg. daily hospitalizations
(per 100,000 people)
9.2
Minimal
Fewer than 10

Planning Scenarios for Schools

1
Minimal
Community Spread
2
Minimal-to-Moderate
Community Spread
3
Significant
Community Spread
Description Schools are open for in-person instruction. Schools may use a hybrid model of remote learning and in-person learning options with precautions in place. School buildings are closed — remote learning only.
Criteria
New cases rate
(per 100,000 people)
Fewer than 5 5 to 100 More than 100
% of tests that are positive Less than 1% 1 to 8% More than 8%
Avg. daily hospitalizations
(per 100,000 people)
Fewer than 10 10 to 25 More than 25
Overall rating* 2 or more Minimal (green) ratings 2 or more Minimal-to-Moderate (yellow) ratings 2 or more Significant (red) ratings
*If there is one of each color, % of persons tested positive determines the overall rating.

Status by Week

Overall rating New cases rate
(per 100,000 people)
% of tests that are positive Avg. daily hospitalizations
(per 100,000 people)
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020 Minimal-to-Moderate 141.4 4.2 9.2
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020 Minimal-to-Moderate 106.7 3.1 7.4
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020 Minimal-to-Moderate 89.8 2.8 9.4

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

Total Persons Tested per Week (per 100,000 Population)

Date Range:

Testing Totals in New Castle County

New Castle County
219,531 39,545.7 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

New Castle County
346,867 62,483.6 per 100,000 people

Total Tests in Comparable Location

Demographics

Updated: 11/11/2020

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Non-Hispanic White 99,428 174,963 19,970 46,882
Non-Hispanic Black 44,504 67,410 10,186 8,492
Another/Multiple 18,911 31,260 2,681 7,294
Hispanic/Latino 17,951 28,573 2,258 7,140
Asian/Pacific Islander 6,763 8,242 641 588
Unknown 31,974 60,177 11,931 12,819
Updated: 11/11/2020

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Hispanic/Latino 3,319.9 3,310.3 1,853.9 3,558.6
Non-Hispanic Black 3,210.8 3,211.7 2,299.7 3,146.1
Non-Hispanic White 2,775.9 2,671.6 1,722.1 2,593.6
Asian/Pacific Islander 2,197.6 2,215.6 1,796.5 2,058.1

Cases (New Castle County)

Latest Status

Total Positive Cases in New Castle County

Total Positive Cases
14,675 261.1 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
14,345
Probable
330

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

Demographics

Positive Cases per 10,000 Population by Age Group

0-4
5-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65+
Updated: 11/11/2020

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
0-4 96.2 94.4 56.4 123.7
5-17 137.0 140.7 83.7 205.5
18-34 369.8 411.8 273.6 706.7
35-49 305.9 365.6 295.6 611.9
50-64 256.4 282.2 255.4 356.6
65+ 254.3 252.6 233.0 257.4
Updated: 11/11/2020

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Female 284.0 301.9 230.7 399.9
Male 242.8 272.2 211.3 390.7
Updated: 11/11/2020

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Hispanic/Latino 561.9 670.3 359.6 1,143.8
Non-Hispanic Black 305.5 331.0 280.4 539.4
Non-Hispanic White 155.7 169.6 143.8 212.2
Asian/Pacific Islander 90.0 112.4 190.6 255.5

Count of Positive Cases by Age Group

0-4
5-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65+
Updated: 11/11/2020

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
0-4 313 (2%) 518 (2%) 62 (2%) 140 (2%)
5-17 1,214 (8%) 2,090 (8%) 248 (6%) 623 (7%)
18-34 4,941 (34%) 8,749 (32%) 1,137 (29%) 2,634 (30%)
35-49 3,237 (22%) 6,225 (23%) 914 (24%) 2,051 (24%)
50-64 2,899 (20%) 5,539 (20%) 850 (22%) 1,779 (20%)
65+ 2,071 (14%) 4,221 (15%) 663 (17%) 1,473 (17%)
Updated: 11/11/2020

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Female 8,131 (55%) 14,792 (54%) 2,089 (54%) 4,523 (52%)
Male 6,528 (44%) 12,508 (46%) 1,781 (46%) 4,158 (48%)
Unknown
42 (0%)
Updated: 11/11/2020

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Non-Hispanic White 5,578 (38%) 11,104 (41%) 1,668 (43%) 3,835 (44%)
Non-Hispanic Black 4,234 (29%) 6,948 (25%) 1,242 (32%) 1,456 (17%)
Hispanic/Latino 3,038 (21%) 5,786 (21%) 438 (11%) 2,295 (26%)
Another/Multiple 664 (5%) 1,275 (5%) 165 (4%) 439 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander 277 (2%) 418 (2%) 68 (2%) 73 (1%)
Unknown 884 (6%) 1,811 (7%) 293 (8%) 602 (7%)

Outcomes (New Castle County)

Demographics

Updated: 11/11/2020

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Age New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
0-4 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
5-17 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
18-34
13 (2%)
35-49
19 (3%)
50-64 36 (10%) 94 (13%) 25 (20%) 33 (14%)
65+ 310 (86%) 598 (83%) 94 (77%) 194 (80%)
Updated: 11/11/2020

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Female 180 (50%) 370 (51%) 61 (50%) 129 (53%)
Male 179 (50%) 354 (49%) 61 (50%) 114 (47%)
Updated: 11/11/2020

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity New Castle State of Delaware Kent Sussex
Non-Hispanic White 233 (65%) 472 (65%) 71 (58%) 168 (69%)
Non-Hispanic Black 91 (25%) 185 (26%) 46 (38%) 48 (20%)
Another/Multiple
12 (2%)
Hispanic/Latino
52 (7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander
2 (0%)
Unknown
1 (0%)