State of Delaware

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 (Statewide)

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New Hospital Admissions

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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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Percent Positive

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Percent Positive

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New positive cases New positive tests

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New Positives

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New Positives

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Percentage of Emergency Department Visits for COVID-19-Like Illness (CLI) by Week

Percentage of Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) by Week

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Tests Performed

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State of Delaware

New Castle County

Kent County

Sussex County

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 (11/07/2020 - 11/13/2020)

Overall rating

Minimal-to-Moderate

Schools are partially open

New cases rate

(per 100,000 people)

216.9

Significant

More than 100

% of tests that are positive

5.4%

Minimal-to-Moderate

1 to 8%

Avg. daily hospitalizations

(per 100,000 people)

12.9

Minimal-to-Moderate

10 to 25

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)
11/07/2020 - 11/13/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	216.9	5.4	12.9
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	135.9	4.3	11.4
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	111.3	3.4	10.0
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	90.4	3.1	10.8
Percent positive in the following rows is based on the percent of people testing positive. The numbers cannot be directly compared to newer reports (the rows above) which use the percent of tests that were positive. Previous reports also used different thresholds.
10/10/2020 - 10/16/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	95.6	5.4	11.1
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10/03/2020 - 10/09/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	94.8	6.0	9.5
09/26/2020 - 10/02/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	97.6	7.7	7.3
09/19/2020 - 09/25/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	72.2	6.5	6.1
09/12/2020 - 09/18/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	75.0	7.1	6.3
09/05/2020 - 09/11/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	66.2	5.9	6.1
08/29/2020 - 09/04/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	72.2	4.5	6.1
08/22/2020 - 08/28/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	61.5	4.5	5.1
08/15/2020 - 08/21/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	47.8	4.1	3.6
08/08/2020 - 08/14/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	50.8	4.0	3.7
08/01/2020 - 08/07/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	56.5	4.2	4.3
07/25/2020 - 07/31/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	70.0	4.3	6.0
07/18/2020 - 07/24/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	70.7	4.2	5.7

Fluid Resistant Gowns and Isolation Gowns

2 Weeks+ Left (Stable)

Face Shields

2 Weeks+ Left (Stable)

Glasses and Goggles

2 Weeks+ Left (Stable)

Gloves

2 Weeks+ Left (Stable)

Isolation and Procedural-Ear Loop Masks

2 Weeks+ Left (Stable)

N95 Masks

2 Weeks+ Left (Stable)

Surgical Masks

2 Weeks+ Left (Stable)

ICU Bed Availability

Stable (75% or less occupied)

Ventilator Availability

Stable (75% or less occupied)

Hospital ED Wait Times

< 5 hours

Hospital Census/Capacity

< 98%

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

State of Delaware

396,943 41,805.7 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested by County

Unknown

21,651

State of Delaware

670,356 70,601.3 per 100,000 people

Total Tests by County

Unknown

68,819

Total Persons Tested Total Tests

396,943

Total count on 11/21/2020

41,805.7

rate per 100,000 people on 11/21/2020

Total Persons Tested

670,356

Total count on 11/21/2020

70,601.3

rate per 100,000 people on 11/21/2020

Total Tests

365,622

Total count on 11/21/2020

3,850.7

rate per 10,000 people on 11/21/2020

Persons Tested Negative

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	189,272	107,612	21,823	50,410
Non-Hispanic Black	71,889	47,333	11,056	8,959
Another/Multiple	35,245	21,447	3,013	8,085
Hispanic/Latino	30,812	19,516	2,417	7,559
Asian/Pacific Islander	8,884	7,292	693	637
Unknown	60,841	32,249	12,056	13,135

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Hispanic/Latino	3,569.7	3,609.3	1,984.4	3,767.4
Non-Hispanic Black	3,425.0	3,414.9	2,496.2	3,319.1
Non-Hispanic White	2,890.1	3,004.4	1,881.9	2,788.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,388.2	2,369.5	1,942.3	2,229.6

Cases (State Of Delaware)

Total Positive Cases

31,321 332.5 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

30,015

Probable

1,306

Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities

1,602

Positive Cases by County

Unknown

99

31,321

Total count on 11/21/2020

332.5

rate per 10,000 people on 11/21/2020

Positive Cases

Date Range:

Case counts broken down by participation in an event or visitation to an entertainment or recreational venue in the two weeks prior to COVID-19 symptom onset. These counts suggest potential exposure during the event/visit — they do not indicate virus contraction.

11/08/2020 - 11/14/2020

Total number of cases who reported participating in an event or visiting a venue in the two weeks prior to the onset of their symptoms (or if no symptoms, date of their test)

221 21%

of interviewed cases

817 interviewed cases did not report participating in an event or visiting a venue

Top three venues per category

Venue category	Case Count*
Beaches	13
Events	99
House party	31
Other large gathering	24
Religious service**	15
Entertainment and Recreational Places	109
Restaurant	48
Bar	14
Nail or hair salon/spa	12

* Individuals who test positive are interviewed to determine the venues visited in the two weeks prior to the onset of their symptoms (or if no symptoms, date of their test). This information was used to calculate the data above. Counts do not necessarily suggest a degree of risk associated with these venues but may suggest the need for further investigation.

** Includes choir or singing practice.

Cases Who Visited Venues (Reported 11/08/2020 - 11/14/2020)

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
0-4	115.2	121.7	67.3	140.5
5-17	173.1	175.3	98.9	237.2
18-34	474.1	441.0	314.5	760.6
35-49	414.5	358.9	329.0	662.0
50-64	323.0	296.1	290.0	403.5
65+	278.2	279.2	252.6	286.6

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Female	344.6	332.0	260.6	439.3
Male	313.0	287.7	238.6	431.6

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Hispanic/Latino	736.0	636.8	394.1	1,203.6
Non-Hispanic Black	373.1	350.1	315.9	578.3
Non-Hispanic White	199.7	188.7	164.9	242.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	133.6	109.5	215.8	290.5

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
0-4	632 (2%)	396 (2%)	74 (2%)	159 (2%)
5-17	2,572 (8%)	1,554 (9%)	293 (7%)	719 (8%)
18-34	10,073 (32%)	5,893 (34%)	1,307 (30%)	2,835 (30%)
35-49	7,057 (23%)	3,797 (22%)	1,017 (23%)	2,219 (23%)
50-64	6,338 (20%)	3,348 (19%)	965 (22%)	2,013 (21%)
65+	4,649 (15%)	2,274 (13%)	719 (16%)	1,640 (17%)

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Female	16,883 (54%)	9,503 (55%)	2,360 (54%)	4,969 (52%)
Male	14,386 (46%)	7,736 (45%)	2,011 (46%)	4,594 (48%)
Unknown	52 (0%)

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	13,076 (42%)	6,760 (39%)	1,912 (44%)	4,381 (46%)
Non-Hispanic Black	7,832 (25%)	4,852 (28%)	1,399 (32%)	1,561 (16%)
Hispanic/Latino	6,353 (20%)	3,443 (20%)	480 (11%)	2,415 (25%)
Another/Multiple	1,596 (5%)	890 (5%)	196 (4%)	501 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	497 (2%)	337 (2%)	77 (2%)	83 (1%)
Unknown	1,967 (6%)	980 (6%)	311 (7%)	644 (7%)

Outcomes (State Of Delaware)

Total Deaths

746 6.2 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

655

Probable

91

Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities

426

Deaths by County

Unknown

0

Total Deaths

0

Age Range

N/A

Individuals Having Underlying Health Conditions

0

Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities

0

Deaths by County

Unknown

0

15,735

Total count on 11/21/2020

169.0

rate per 10,000 people on 11/21/2020

Recoveries

746

Total count on 11/21/2020

6.2

rate per 10,000 people on 11/21/2020

Deaths

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Age	State of Delaware	New Castle	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	20 (3%)
50-64	96 (13%)	37 (10%)	25 (20%)	34 (13%)
65+	617 (83%)	319 (86%)	95 (77%)	203 (80%)

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Female	382 (51%)	188 (51%)	61 (50%)	133 (53%)
Male	364 (49%)	182 (49%)	62 (50%)	120 (47%)

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	492 (66%)	242 (65%)	72 (59%)	178 (70%)
Non-Hispanic Black	187 (25%)	93 (25%)	46 (37%)	48 (19%)
Hispanic/Latino	52 (7%)
Another/Multiple	12 (2%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	2 (0%)
Unknown	1 (0%)

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