New Castle County

*A duplicate death record was identified and removed from the state’s statistics. As a result the total number of COVID-19-related deaths decreased by one from the day prior.

Confirmed

254

Probable

45

Trends: New Castle 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.

Average

Percent Who Tested Positive

Trend Line

Average

New Cases

Trend Line

Cumulative Number of Positive Cases

Deaths

State of Delaware

New Castle County

Testing

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New Castle County

124,252 2,238.2 per 10,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

225,328

124,252

Total count on 08/25/2020

2,238.2

rate per 10,000 people on 08/25/2020

Total Persons Tested

116,362

Total count on 08/25/2020

2,096.1

rate per 10,000 people on 08/25/2020

Tested Negative

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	52,922	99,397	11,032	29,986
Non-Hispanic Black	26,107	41,686	6,295	6,339
Hispanic/Latino	9,488	17,358	1,365	5,688
Another/Multiple	9,119	15,722	1,445	3,887
Asian/Pacific Islander	3,134	4,069	392	391
Unknown	23,482	47,096	9,924	10,434

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic Black	1,883.5	1,986.1	1,421.2	2,348.5
Hispanic/Latino	1,754.7	2,011.0	1,120.7	2,834.9
Non-Hispanic White	1,477.5	1,517.7	951.4	1,658.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,018.4	1,093.8	1,098.7	1,368.6

Cases (New Castle County)

Total Positive Cases

7,890 139.0 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

7,706

Probable

184

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

16,962

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
0-4	38.7	46.1	27.3	84.0
5-17	52.3	68.5	38.5	135.9
18-34	188.1	251.5	173.0	537.4
35-49	172.1	241.9	205.4	474.6
50-64	147.1	178.0	173.7	243.7
65+	159.9	163.7	168.7	161.1

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	153.0	185.3	151.1	281.6
Male	130.1	170.9	140.6	286.1

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Hispanic/Latino	334.7	485.4	255.3	1,006.3
Non-Hispanic Black	172.9	210.6	195.1	407.5
Non-Hispanic White	72.1	90.4	87.2	122.8
Asian/Pacific Islander	44.2	60.5	117.7	161.0

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
0-4	126 (2%)	253 (1%)	30 (1%)	95 (2%)
5-17	464 (6%)	1,017 (6%)	114 (4%)	412 (7%)
18-34	2,514 (32%)	5,344 (32%)	719 (28%)	2,003 (32%)
35-49	1,821 (23%)	4,118 (24%)	635 (25%)	1,591 (26%)
50-64	1,663 (21%)	3,494 (21%)	578 (23%)	1,216 (19%)
65+	1,302 (17%)	2,736 (16%)	480 (19%)	922 (15%)

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	4,381 (56%)	9,080 (54%)	1,368 (54%)	3,185 (51%)
Male	3,497 (44%)	7,855 (46%)	1,185 (46%)	3,045 (49%)
Unknown		27 (0%)

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	2,582 (33%)	5,918 (35%)	1,011 (40%)	2,220 (36%)
Non-Hispanic Black	2,397 (30%)	4,421 (26%)	864 (34%)	1,100 (18%)
Hispanic/Latino	1,810 (23%)	4,190 (25%)	311 (12%)	2,019 (32%)
Another/Multiple	352 (4%)	797 (5%)	99 (4%)	329 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	136 (2%)	225 (1%)	42 (2%)	46 (1%)
Unknown	613 (8%)	1,411 (8%)	229 (9%)	525 (8%)

Outcomes (New Castle County)

4,153

Total count on 08/25/2020

73.6

rate per 10,000 people on 08/25/2020

Recoveries

299

Total count on 08/25/2020

4.7

rate per 10,000 people on 08/25/2020

Deaths

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		12 (2%)
35-49		15 (2%)
50-64	27 (9%)	75 (12%)	22 (20%)	26 (13%)
65+	262 (88%)	501 (83%)	85 (78%)	154 (79%)

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	156 (52%)	318 (53%)	55 (50%)	107 (55%)
Male	143 (48%)	285 (47%)	54 (50%)	88 (45%)

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	184 (62%)	368 (61%)	62 (57%)	122 (63%)
Non-Hispanic Black	73 (24%)	155 (26%)	40 (37%)	42 (22%)
Another/Multiple		9 (1%)
Hispanic/Latino		44 (7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander		1 (0%)
Unknown		26 (4%)

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