Sussex County

Overview

Data are current as of 6pm the previous day. Last update: 12/22/2020 11:32 AM.

The State of Delaware has recommended that schools pause in-person learning on December 14 and return to hybrid on January 11. Schools that do not currently face significant operational challenges may remain in hybrid learning.

* The State of Delaware uses statewide COVID-19 data to make recommendations about school reopening.

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The Division of Public Health has removed “Recoveries” from its statistical reporting on the COVID-19 data portal as this metric is no longer a true reflection of the number of persons that recovered from the disease. Cases considered recovered included only infected persons who reported to DPH that they had reached the end of their isolation period. It does not capture instances such as in long-term care and other congregate settings where patients are cleared by facility medical staff, not DPH. In addition, it does not include those who do not respond to, or complete, case investigation by contact tracers.

Date Range:

94,494

Persons Tested Negative

*Due to a reporting delay by some laboratories as a result of a technical issue, the number of new positive cases reported in the most recent days may appear lower than the preceding days. This may not be reflective of the true level of infection and may cause the number of new positive cases to be larger than normal in the days ahead as this issue is resolved.

Total Positive Cases

13,727 685.6 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

12,811

Probable

916

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

51,623

Total Deaths

286 8.1 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

268

Probable

18

Trends: Sussex County over the Last 14 Days

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Case counts and test data by date of report can vary significantly from day to day for a variety of reasons. In addition to changes due to actual changes in disease incidence, trends are strongly influenced by testing patterns (who gets tested and why), testing availability, lab analysis backlogs, lab reporting delays, new labs joining our electronic laboratory reporting system, mass screenings, etc.

Current Hospitalizations (Sussex County)

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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.

Percent of persons testing positive Percent of tests that are positive

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State of Delaware

Sussex County

Current Status

Data are updated every Monday *

3

Significant

Community Spread

The State of Delaware has recommended that schools pause in-person learning on December 14 and return to hybrid on January 11. Schools that do not currently face significant operational challenges may remain in hybrid learning.

* 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 (12/12/2020 - 12/18/2020)

Overall rating *

Significant

New cases rate

(per 100,000 people)

521.7

Significant

More than 100

% of tests that are positive

10.2%

Significant

More than 8%

Avg. daily hospitalizations

(per 100,000 people)

31.3

Significant

More than 25

*The State of Delaware uses statewide COVID-19 data to make recommendations about school reopening.

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 tests that are 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)
12/12/2020 - 12/18/2020	Significant	521.7	10.2	31.3
12/05/2020 - 12/11/2020	Significant	465.4	11.1	28.2
11/28/2020 - 12/04/2020	Significant	323.2	10.6	25.0
11/21/2020 - 11/27/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	278.8	6.7	20.4
11/14/2020 - 11/20/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	282.2	6.2	18.7
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11/07/2020 - 11/13/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	200.2	6.8	20.7
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	154.6	5.2	22.8
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	140.9	4.8	21.3
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	124.7	4.8	18.7

Testing

How can I get tested?

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.

Date Range:

Total Persons Tested Total Tests

Sussex County

108,221 49,294.4 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

488,275

Sussex County

180,460 82,199.1 per 100,000 people

Total Tests in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

910,372

Total Persons Tested Total Tests

108,221

Total count on 12/22/2020

49,294.4

rate per 100,000 people on 12/22/2020

Total Persons Tested

180,460

Total count on 12/22/2020

82,199.1

rate per 100,000 people on 12/22/2020

Total Tests

94,494

Total count on 12/22/2020

4,304.2

rate per 10,000 people on 12/22/2020

Persons Tested Negative

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	63,768	239,179	133,150	29,844
Non-Hispanic Black	10,864	89,623	58,499	14,722
Another/Multiple	9,637	45,566	27,995	4,373
Hispanic/Latino	9,160	39,668	25,380	3,467
Asian/Pacific Islander	803	11,490	9,373	975
Unknown	13,989	62,749	33,802	11,772

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Hispanic/Latino	4,565.4	4,595.7	4,693.8	2,846.5
Non-Hispanic Black	4,024.9	4,270.0	4,220.5	3,323.9
Non-Hispanic White	3,527.7	3,652.1	3,717.4	2,573.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,810.6	3,088.7	3,045.7	2,732.6

Cases (Sussex County)

New Positive Cases Total Positive Cases (Early Days of the Pandemic)

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

13,727 685.6 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

12,811

Probable

916

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

51,623

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5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
0-4	247.4	228.2	240.9	168.3
5-17	389.6	338.6	352.6	243.1
18-34	1,012.6	749.6	727.5	574.4
35-49	890.2	680.3	632.8	604.6
50-64	593.3	531.7	510.9	504.6
65+	445.2	442.6	435.2	452.2

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	633.0	560.5	556.7	474.4
Male	614.6	524.1	508.6	453.4

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Hispanic/Latino	1,483.3	1,079.0	1,021.1	657.6
Non-Hispanic Black	760.6	589.4	571.5	538.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	430.5	255.4	219.3	420.4
Non-Hispanic White	389.8	353.8	340.6	335.7

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5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
0-4	280 (2%)	1,252 (2%)	784 (3%)	185 (2%)
5-17	1,181 (9%)	5,031 (10%)	3,125 (11%)	720 (9%)
18-34	3,774 (27%)	15,926 (31%)	9,720 (33%)	2,387 (29%)
35-49	2,984 (22%)	11,582 (22%)	6,696 (23%)	1,869 (23%)
50-64	2,960 (22%)	10,434 (20%)	5,777 (19%)	1,679 (21%)
65+	2,548 (19%)	7,397 (14%)	3,544 (12%)	1,287 (16%)
Unknown		1 (0%)

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	7,160 (52%)	27,458 (53%)	15,935 (54%)	4,296 (53%)
Male	6,541 (48%)	24,087 (47%)	13,675 (46%)	3,821 (47%)
Unknown		78 (0%)

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	7,046 (51%)	23,171 (45%)	12,200 (41%)	3,893 (48%)
Hispanic/Latino	2,976 (22%)	9,313 (18%)	5,521 (19%)	801 (10%)
Non-Hispanic Black	2,053 (15%)	12,372 (24%)	7,921 (27%)	2,384 (29%)
Another/Multiple	757 (6%)	3,049 (6%)	1,839 (6%)	431 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	123 (1%)	950 (2%)	675 (2%)	150 (2%)
Unknown	772 (6%)	2,768 (5%)	1,491 (5%)	468 (6%)

Deaths (Sussex County)

The Division of Public Health has removed “Recoveries” from its statistical reporting on the COVID-19 data portal as this metric is no longer a true reflection of the number of persons that recovered from the disease. Cases considered recovered included only infected persons who reported to DPH that they had reached the end of their isolation period. It does not capture instances such as in long-term care and other congregate settings where patients are cleared by facility medical staff, not DPH. In addition, it does not include those who do not respond to, or complete, case investigation by contact tracers.

286

Total count on 12/22/2020

8.1

rate per 10,000 people on 12/22/2020

Deaths

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
0-4	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
5-17	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
18-34		13 (1%)
35-49		21 (2%)
50-64	40 (14%)	112 (13%)	46 (11%)	26 (17%)
65+	230 (80%)	726 (83%)	369 (86%)	127 (81%)

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	146 (51%)	447 (51%)	221 (52%)	80 (51%)
Male	140 (49%)	425 (49%)	208 (48%)	77 (49%)

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	204 (71%)	580 (67%)	277 (65%)	99 (63%)
Non-Hispanic Black	53 (19%)	214 (25%)	109 (25%)	52 (33%)
Another/Multiple		13 (1%)
Hispanic/Latino		61 (7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander		3 (0%)
Unknown		1 (0%)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Data Dashboard

Sussex County

Overview

Sussex County's Latest Status

Key Public Health Metrics

Positive Cases in Sussex County

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

Deaths in Sussex County

Trends: Sussex County over the Last 14 Days

Current Hospitalizations

Percent Positive

New Positive Cases

Tests Performed

Cases by County (Cumulative)

School Reopening Criteria

Current Status

Breakdown of This Week's Status (12/12/2020 - 12/18/2020)

Planning Scenarios for Schools

Status by Week

Testing

Latest Status

Testing Totals in Sussex County

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

Total Tests in Comparable Location

Trends

Testing Totals

Persons Tested Negative

Demographics

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Cases (Sussex County)

Latest Status

Movement of the Disease over Time

Total Positive Cases in Sussex County

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

Demographics

Positive Cases per 10,000 Population by Age Group

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Count of Positive Cases by Age Group

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Deaths (Sussex County)

Trends

Deaths

Demographics

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

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