Sussex County

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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New Positive Cases

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State of Delaware

Sussex County

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.

New cases rate

(per 100,000 people)

462.4

Percent of tests that are positive

(per 100,000 people)

11.4%

Avg. daily hospitalizations

(per 100,000 people)

35.4

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)
12/26/2020 - 01/01/2021	462.4	11.4	35.4
12/19/2020 - 12/25/2020	428.2	9.2	35.8
12/12/2020 - 12/18/2020	521.7	10.2	31.3
12/05/2020 - 12/11/2020	465.4	11.1	28.2
11/28/2020 - 12/04/2020	323.2	10.6	25.0
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11/21/2020 - 11/27/2020	278.8	6.7	20.4
11/14/2020 - 11/20/2020	282.2	6.2	18.7
11/07/2020 - 11/13/2020	200.2	6.8	20.7
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020	154.6	5.2	22.8
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020	140.9	4.8	21.3
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020	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

116,518 53,073.7 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

521,750

Sussex County

200,855 91,489.0 per 100,000 people

Total Tests in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

1,013,723

Total Persons Tested Total Tests

116,518

Total count on 01/05/2021

53,073.7

rate per 100,000 people on 01/05/2021

Total Persons Tested

200,855

Total count on 01/05/2021

91,489.0

rate per 100,000 people on 01/05/2021

Total Tests

100,496

Total count on 01/05/2021

4,577.6

rate per 10,000 people on 01/05/2021

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	69,408	256,339	141,333	32,443
Non-Hispanic Black	11,560	94,963	61,733	15,862
Another/Multiple	9,957	48,915	30,362	4,779
Hispanic/Latino	9,821	42,855	27,432	3,862
Asian/Pacific Islander	860	12,521	10,195	1,114
Unknown	14,912	66,157	35,984	12,136

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	4,894.8	4,965.0	5,073.3	3,170.8
Non-Hispanic Black	4,282.8	4,524.4	4,453.8	3,581.2
Non-Hispanic White	3,839.7	3,914.1	3,945.8	2,797.8
Asian/Pacific Islander	3,010.2	3,365.9	3,312.8	3,122.2

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

16,022 796.9 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

14,971

Probable

1,051

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

61,100

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Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
0-4	296.0	274.2	287.3	210.2
5-17	455.2	411.0	431.6	301.5
18-34	1,169.5	871.4	844.1	680.2
35-49	1,027.1	805.1	756.7	717.8
50-64	700.6	637.9	609.1	635.0
65+	526.0	523.7	509.5	551.6

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	738.2	662.3	657.7	573.5
Male	718.3	621.7	603.2	551.7

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Hispanic/Latino	1,603.4	1,238.5	1,196.4	812.0
Non-Hispanic Black	856.2	677.8	656.0	633.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	486.5	321.0	276.5	566.1
Non-Hispanic White	475.5	430.0	411.4	413.4

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Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
0-4	335 (2%)	1,504 (2%)	935 (3%)	231 (2%)
5-17	1,380 (9%)	6,106 (10%)	3,826 (11%)	893 (9%)
18-34	4,359 (27%)	18,512 (30%)	11,279 (32%)	2,827 (29%)
35-49	3,443 (21%)	13,706 (22%)	8,007 (23%)	2,219 (23%)
50-64	3,495 (22%)	12,518 (20%)	6,888 (20%)	2,113 (21%)
65+	3,010 (19%)	8,753 (14%)	4,149 (12%)	1,570 (16%)
Unknown		1 (0%)

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	8,350 (52%)	32,447 (53%)	18,828 (54%)	5,193 (53%)
Male	7,645 (48%)	28,570 (47%)	16,217 (46%)	4,649 (47%)
Unknown	27 (0%)	83 (0%)	40 (0%)	11 (0%)

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	8,595 (54%)	28,160 (46%)	14,736 (42%)	4,794 (49%)
Hispanic/Latino	3,217 (20%)	10,690 (17%)	6,469 (18%)	989 (10%)
Non-Hispanic Black	2,311 (14%)	14,227 (23%)	9,093 (26%)	2,804 (28%)
Another/Multiple	913 (6%)	3,653 (6%)	2,178 (6%)	535 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	139 (1%)	1,194 (2%)	851 (2%)	202 (2%)
Unknown	847 (5%)	3,176 (5%)	1,758 (5%)	529 (5%)

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.

304

Total count on 01/05/2021

8.5

rate per 10,000 people on 01/05/2021

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	44 (14%)	125 (13%)	53 (11%)	28 (16%)
65+	244 (80%)	788 (83%)	405 (86%)	139 (81%)

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	154 (51%)	483 (51%)	240 (51%)	89 (52%)
Male	150 (49%)	464 (49%)	232 (49%)	82 (48%)

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	217 (71%)	636 (67%)	310 (66%)	109 (64%)
Non-Hispanic Black	57 (19%)	225 (24%)	113 (24%)	55 (32%)
Another/Multiple		14 (1%)
Hispanic/Latino		63 (7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander		8 (1%)
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)

Weekly Community Spread Summary

Breakdown of This Week's Status

New cases rate

Percent of tests that are positive

Avg. daily hospitalizations

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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